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Philippines detects new swine fever outbreaks, eyes more pork imports

Published 09/24/2020, 03:53 PM
Updated 09/24/2020, 04:00 PM
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MANILA, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The Philippines' Department of
Agriculture said on Thursday it had detected new African swine
fever outbreaks in six provinces, raising the possibility that
the domestic pork shortfall anticipated by year-end will be
bigger than initially expected.
A fresh wave of hog infections has hit the world's
10th-largest pork consumer and seventh-biggest pork importer,
where more than 300,000 pigs have been culled since last year,
Agriculture Secretary William Dar said.
New outbreaks have been detected in the provinces of Albay,
Quirino, Laguna, Quezon, Batangas and Cavite on the main island
of Luzon, he told a briefing.
Dar did not detail the extent of new infections, but said a
government-funded restocking programme and additional
importation of pork and pork-based products from disease-free
countries, which he did not identify, could help address
domestic supply tightness.
The agriculture department has initially projected a
domestic pork shortfall of 121,000 tonnes by year-end.
Philippine pork production is now expected to drop by 20%
this year, according to an estimate from the Foreign
Agricultural Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
double its initial projection, because of the disease.
The impact on domestic demand, however, should be partly
offset by limited operations of food services due to coronavirus
restrictions, it said in a Sept. 21 advisory.
The number of pigs culled since last year accounts for about
3% of the country's total, but USDA has warned local supply
problems may persist in 2021, citing industry sources.
"If there is tightness (in pork supply), our protein
requirement can be sourced from chicken," Dar said, reiterating
that domestic chicken supply will remain plentiful even during
Christmas holidays.

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