China Agrees to Ease Restrictions on U.S. Beef
As a meeting of the annual U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade came to an end , China promised to ease restrictions on imports of U.S. beef according to Chinese Deputy Commerce Minister Wang Chao.
No additional details were offered. Deputy Agriculture Minister Niu Dun said the two sides will work on technical issues, but didn’t provide a timetable for when full-scale imports might be allowed. According to a fact sheet issued by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative that both sides will strive for full resumption of U.S. beef access by July 2014 on the basis of mutually agreed conditions.
The statement continued that both sides will strive for effective solutions to common concerns regarding U.S. beef trade and promote U.S. beef exports to China. U.S. beef was banned in 2003 due to BSE concerns. Promises have been made before to ease those restrictions – but the ban has effectively been maintained.
Wang said Beijing also committed to submitting a new proposal next year to join the Government Procurement Agreement, which extends the World Trade Organization’s free-trade principles to purchases by governments. Government agencies, hospitals and other official entities in China are major purchasers of software and other goods. Business groups say extending the GPA to China could create multibillion-dollar new opportunities for foreign suppliers.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email michael@boddingtonconsulting.com
http://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20131220-290624
Seafood exports increase throughout 2013
The rising of aquaculture make the agriculture exports to reach USD 27.469 billion in 2013, an 0,7% increasing compared with 2012. Seafood export turnover was estimated at USD 617 million in December 2013, bringing the export value reached USD 6.7 billion this year, a 10.1% increasing over the same period last year. The U.S. market continues to be the largest seafood importer, accounting for 21.89% of total seafood exports of Vietnam.
Shrimp has become the major export items of Vietnam in 2013. The value of shrimp exports could reach USD 3 billion this year, come over the targets USD 2.5 billion was set at the beginning of this year. However basa catfish exports decreased 5% of value and volume exports.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email michael@boddingtonconsulting.com
http://baodientu.chinhphu.vn/Hoat-dong-Bo-nganh/Xuat-khau-thuy-san-tang-manh-suot-nam-2013/189640.vgp
Big scale pasture established in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, annual raw milk output 8,000 tons
On 20th, Dec. 2013, Zhanjiang Yantang ANZ Pasture is built well and put in use, this ranch has 2,500 Holstein cattle and all are from New Zealand and Australia, annual raw milk output is expected to be 8,000 tons.
According to reports, this pasture is jointed venture by Guangdong Yantang Dairy Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries and Zhanjiang Zhanjiang Yantang Dairy Farming Development Co., Ltd. As a large ranch standardized milk base, the initial number of dairy herds up to 1,500, and in 2015 up to 2,000 cattle.
The Pasture is adopted throughout adopts the most advanced in Europe’s technical and management support system from Europe DeLaval pasture Management Company. The system will monitor all the work from milking to health monitoring, veterinary care, breeding, etc. Cows fed total mixed use the advanced scientific TMR feeding and adopt the most advanced milking machines and cold chain systems to ensure the quality and safety of milk.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email michael@boddingtonconsulting.com
Chinese beef imports will double by 2018
A new report from Rabobank projects China will double beef imports by 2018. Rabobank’s Beijing-based analyst Pan Chenjun says imports may exceed 500,000 metric tons as domestic production will fall short of meeting growing demand. She says consumption of processed pork products will increase 10 percent during the period.
Pan said that growing demand may help the U.S. convince China to drop its ban on U.S. beef which has been in place since the first BSE case in 2003. Just-concluded negotiations indicate that may happen by July, 2014. One note of interest in all of this, Smithfield Foods is now owned by Hong Kong-based Shuanghui International. China is also considering lifting a ban on Brazilian beef.
As the Chinese economy grows, spending on meat products is forecast to gain more than 10 per cent a year in the next five years, out pacing a 2 per cent annual increase in volumes, indicating people are buying more expensive products, Pan said.
Consumption of processed pork products should increase 10 percent over the period, while China produces almost all its pork, Rabobank says it will need to import more corn and soybeans to feed the herds.
China import beef amount reached 253,196 tons by the end of October this year, while compared with last year’s import figure 38,251 tons.
Shrimp exports forecast to reach record high of USD 3 billion
In November, Vietnam exported seafood worth USD 650 million and through this month the figure reached USD 6.1 billion, equaling to the amount reported for the whole 2012. If this trend continues, this year’s seafood exports are expected to exceed the target of USD 6.5 billion and to reach nearly USD 7 billion, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters & Producers (VASEP).
Through October 2013, shrimp sales achieved a record of nearly USD 2.5 billion, breaking the previous record of USD 2.4 billion recorded in 2011. Shrimp exports through November 2013 were estimated at USD 2.7 – 2.8 billion and sales of this crustacean are forecast to reach the record level USD 3 billion by the end of this year.
According to the Directorate of Fisheries, through November 2013, shrimp farming area nationwide was 652,612 hectares, including 588,894 hectares of black tiger shrimp farming and 63,719 hectares of vannamei farming. From a total output of 475,854 tonnes, black tiger shrimp accounted for 232,853 tonnes and whitleg shrimp, 243,001 tonnes.
http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?l=e&country=0&special=&monthyear=&day=&id=65450&ndb=1&df=0
China will import cattle and pig from Romanian
China Premier Li Keqiang earlier this week signed two agreements with Romanian to import 500,000 cattle and three million pigs from Romania over the next few years. On a visit to Bucharest, Premier Li Keqiang said China also wanted to import sheep and possibly other food produce.”We can buy all you can deliver,” Li said after talks with Romanian counterpart Victor Ponta. Fast-paced urbanisation and development of a middle class have radically changed the Chinese diet, with meat increasingly replacing or complementing rice and vegetables.
The first group cattle will be shipped to China around January, 2014. And also Romanian official said that their country’s husbandry can’t satisfy China’s need, now submit proposal to China to set up joint venture farms.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email michael@boddingtonconsulting.com
Continued development dairy cattle breeding in Vietnam
In 2012, the total of the dairy cattle in Vietnam had reached 167,000 dairy cattle. By 2020, the total of dairy cattle will raise 400,000 dairy cattle, the total of the raw milk will increase 3 fold compare to 2012, from 381,000 tonne to 1 million tonne.
In Son La province, the total of dairy cattle at Moc Chau district has reached 15,000 dairy cattle, in which has 7,500 dairy cattle produce raw milk. Moc Chau has 45,000 tonnes raw milk yearly. In the 2013, the dairy cattle herd size will estimate increase to 300% compared to 2008.
In Nghe An province, the dairy cattle herd size has reached 35,000 dairy cattle at Nghia Dan district.
In Ho Chi Minh City, there are over 90,000 dairy cattle with high productivity, 4.5 kilogram raw milk per dairy cattle per cycle.
In fact, the Vietnamese raw milk only supplied 35% demands in domestic in spite of increase to 1million tonnes by 2020. So that, the dairy cattle breeding is expecting a new prospect.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.michael@boddingtonconsulting.comThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
http://nongnghiep.vn/nongnghiepvn/72/1/15/119116/Buoc-di-ngoan-muc-nghe-nuoi-bo-sua.aspx
2013 live stock prices
In the South of Vietnam, the price of live pig reach VND 50,000 per kg, a VND 1,000-2,000 per kg increasing compared with the previous week and this is the highest price from the beginning of the year. With this price, the closed farms profit VND 10,000 per kg, equivalent of VND 1 million/finisher pig (100kg).
In contrast with the pig, the poultry farmers is continuing unprofitable in the long time. In 15th Dec., the price of egg increase VND 50 per egg to VND 1,550 per egg, but the farmers still loss VND 50 per egg. The price of chicken (white feathers chicken) was deeply decreasing, averaging VND 24000-25000 per kg.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China livestock industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please emailmichael@boddingtonconsulting.comThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Source: http://m.tuoitre.vn/tin-tuc/Kinh-te/Kinh-te/212588,Gia-heo-hoi-cao-nhat-trong-nam.ttm
CJ Vina plans for integrated operation
CJ Vina, a major Korean feed miller and breeder in Vietnam, has started to sell commercial poultry. “This month we sold 500,000 birds,” Kieu Trong Nhan of CJ Vina told Asian Agribiz. The company started selling broiler in June. CJ Vina’s entry to the broiler business has worried other players as the already-low price situation will worsen with the hike in supply. “This is a hard time for us with the entry of new big players,” said Au Long Thanh, Director of Duy Cuong Livestock Company, which also produces about 500,000 chickens per month. Thanh told Asian Agribiz that with the current price of USD 1.13/kg, he is losing USD 0.23 for every kilo of chicken sold. CJ Vina has plans to expand its broiler operations in southern Vietnam and will start broiler farms in the north. It is reportedly in discussions with Green Feed, one of the top five feed millers in Vietnam, to start a venture that will create a full integration in Vietnam.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email michael@boddingtonconsulting.com
source: http://www.asian-agribiz.com/display.aspx?PageID=0&MemberID=0&screenheight=900&screenwidth=1600#
China Ministry of Agriculture announced November pig herbs info based on 4000 monitoring points
According to MOA’s 4000 monitoring points shows that live pig stock increased by 0.2% compared with October, an increase of 0.7% year on year. Sows stock decreased by 0.5% compared with October, a decrease of 2.3% year on year. This year the number of live pigs has been gradually increased from the March beginning and declined slightly for nearly three months.
Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email michael@boddingtonconsulting.com
Source: http://www.chinabreed.com/pig/develop/2013/12/20131217614875.shtml
