China's feed output rises year on year
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11-May-2009 (17 years 1 months 2 days ago)The output of China's feed industry in 2008 reached 137 million tonnes, an increase of 8.51 percent year-on-year. Among them, compound feed achieved 105.90 million tonnes, up 13.64 percent year-on-year; concentrated feed made 25.31 million tonnes, an increase of 1.58 percent year-on-year; additive premix feed contributed 5.46 million tonnes, an increase of 4.79 percent year-on-year. In 2008, China exported 6 million tonnes of feed and the total value was $3 billion; imported 2.5 million tonnes and worth $2 billion.
At present, pig and poultry feeds account for 83.5 percent of China total feed production, while the global feed industrial structure is pigs, poultry and cattle feed account for one-thirds each. As expected that in terms of the improvement of living standards, pork consumption will decrease and poultry and beef will increase, and aquatic products will increase as well.