According to CRI, in 2016, total production volume of pork, beef, mutton and poultry was 83.64 million tons, down by 1.1% YOY compared to 2015. Specifically, production volume of pork was 52.99 million tons, down by 3.4%; production volume of beef was 7.17 million tons, up by 2.4%; production volume of mutton was 4.59 million tons, up by 4.2%; production volume of poultry was 18.88 million tons, up by 3.4%. Production volume of egg and poultry was 30.95 million tons, up by 3.2%.
According to statistics of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 2016, global production volume of beef was 60.49 million tons while in the corresponding period, China’s production volume of beef was 7.17 million tons which accounted for 11.9% of the globe. In 2016, China imported 579.8 thousand tons of beef, up by 22.37% YOY; total value was USD 2.52 billion, up by 8.41% YOY. Besides, China exported 4.1 thousand tons of beef, down by 11.88% YOY; total value was USD 40.26, down by 9.98% YOY.
China’s Beef Import and Export Statistics, 2012 – 2016
| Year | Import Value: USD | Import Volume: kg | Export Value: USD | Export Volume: kg |
| 2012 | 254,659,733 | 61,386,414 | 80,601,309 | 12,200,285 |
| 2013 | 1,270,145,097 | 294,223,063 | 44,315,882 | 5,874,229 |
| 2014 | 1,289,959,007 | 297,949,375 | 59,274,519 | 6,493,991 |
| 2015 | 2,320,587,412 | 473,835,392 | 44,721,229 | 4,702,073 |
| 2016 | 2,515,759,707 | 579,835,586 | 40,259,454 | 4,143,312 |
Source: China Customs
Combine data from National Bureau of Statistics and China Customs, in 2016, national apparent consumption of beef was 7.74 million tons, up by 3.68% YOY. The consumption of beef per capita was 5.60 kg in 2016.
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