Fears Grow China Will Halt German Pork Imports Due to African Swine Fever
- Germany on Thursday confirmed a case of African swine fever
- China accounts for almost two-thirds of Germany’s pork exports
Germany was China’s third-largest supplier of pork in the first half of this year, after the U.S. and Spain.
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Nervousness is mounting over whether top pork consumer China will halt imports of the meat from Europe’s biggest producer on concerns about a pig-killing disease.