Published: 7:30pm, 23 Apr, 2019 Updated: 3:38am, 6 Jun, 2019
Pork prices are rising due to the impact of an ongoing Chinese swine flu epidemic in China's pig industry, with prices increasing 36% in the first week of April. The outbreak has had a serious impact on African pork producers, with prices expected to reach an all-time high in Q4 2019 amid shrinking stocks. Some analysts predict that China could lose up to 200 million animals in the epidemic, almost three times the entire US pig population. China is now looking to sources, such as the US, to meet demand.