November 25, 2009
Gobble Gobble: China Turkey Imports Up 108% in 5 Years
According to data from the USA Foreign Agricultural Service and other sources, Chinese consumption and imports of turkey meat is mushrooming from around 12,000 metric tons in 2005 to an anticipated 60,000 or more tons next year! China is already the world's number 5 export market for turkeys. Domestic production is increasing rapidly, as usually happens in China trade, but there is no way domestic farms can match demand. And as the delicate flavor of America's most famous native bird becomes more familiar with Chinese it is likely that turkeys will grow in demand. The USA is the world's number 1 producer and exporter of turkeys. Will America capture China as a new and important export market for turkey?
Happy Thanksgiving! Sinomania! will take a break for our national holiday. Back soon....
Labels: exports, food fda, foreign trade
# posted by Sinomania! : 11/25/2009 02:17:00 PM
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