According to the data given by the China Animal Husbandry Association, in 2021, China will import more than 5 million tons of pork products in total, of which 3.71 million tons are pork and the rest are pig offal, with a cumulative import value of 13.1 billion.

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Why do we import pork from the US every year? Quite simply, it is because there is a gap in China's annual consumption of pork, which is about 2 million tons. Not only pork, but China also imports a portion of beef from Australia, New Zealand and other places every year, and the import volume is about a quarter of that of pork.

Only a few years ago, Chinese customs found some problems in the meat imported from Brazil and Australia, which reduced its imports. China's import of pork from the United States is also taking into account the continued rise in Australian meat prices , by importing a large amount of regular and legal pork to curb smuggled meat and Australia's high-priced beef.

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Some people may be very worried about this, thinking that we are controlled by others when we import pork from others . What if the United States does not allow us to import it in the future?

In fact, in recent years, the trade surplus between China and the United States has reached nearly 400 billion US dollars , which is almost equal to China's trade surplus with all other countries except the United States. Maybe you think that the import of beef and pork from the United States is controlled by others. Maybe the United States thinks the same way: what if the rabbits don’t import our pork next year?

There are still people on the Internet worried about the use of clenbuterol in American pork, which was also reported many years ago. Clenbuterol is a general term for many drugs. Since the Clenbuterol incident broke out, our domestic control of Clenbuterol has been very strict .

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Although the food processing industry in the United States allows the drug ractopamine , there are related control links such as drug withdrawal before slaughtering, so you can rest assured.

pork price

I believe that many people can see the clue from the total amount and amount of pork imported from China to the United States, which is only more than 4 yuan per pound . How can their pork be so cheap, dare to eat this kind of meat?

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America's mechanized slaughterhouses may be far more advanced than you might think. Many people are still slaughtering pigs by hand , and four or five strong men are chasing pigs all over the street.

In fact, the fully automated assembly line you see on the Internet is quite popular even if it is placed in China. The picture shown in the video is the link where the second senior brother is stunned in a domestic automated pig slaughtering assembly line. According to the introduction of the original video, this set of equipment is provided by "Weifang Yichun Import and Export Co., Ltd." in Shandong .

Let's make an equal analogy with the United States. The land area of ​​the United States is similar to that of China, but their population is less than a quarter of that of China. In addition, the United States has also suffered a shortage of labor due to various reasons in the past two years. Therefore, the popularity of mechanization in all aspects of them is only will be higher than us.

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This is not to brag about people who are better than us, but that the degree of mechanization of various industries in the United States must keep up, otherwise, let alone say it, and even our own consumer needs cannot be met. It also makes sense to bring this principle into the development of agriculture and animal husbandry.

In addition, due to the vast land and sparse population in the United States , there is a large area of ​​land in the United States that can be used for the development of large-scale animal husbandry. The low cost of land and the short preparatory period for the establishment of the factory are very suitable for the development status of agriculture and animal husbandry in the current epidemic situation.

From drinking and feeding to handling manure, the entire process is automated or semi- automated . Some pig farms even install air conditioners. Farmers use central air conditioners to adjust the indoor temperature, maintain ventilation, and reduce the disease rate of pigs.

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Roughly speaking, apart from breeding pigs, other steps do not require too much labor , so it is not surprising that the United States can export cheap pork to us.

Breeding differences

In fact, if you go to the vegetable market in front of your home, you will want to understand. The white feather chicken with a high degree of industrialization is naturally cheaper than the native chicken. In addition to automated farming technology, the freshness of ingredients is also an important criterion.

You can visit a chain of butchers on your doorstep three times a day . Even if some merchants claim that they "do not sell frozen meat", you will still feel the difference in meat prices clearly. The same is true for our imported pork from the United States.

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In order to save costs , many restaurants with channels buy this imported frozen pork. The lower the cost, the lower the price of the food, and it is more popular with consumers. Although it can't be said to be fresh, the level of food safety is certainly passable.

On the other hand, the industrialization of agriculture and animal husbandry in the United States is doing well, but they cannot digest so many products by themselves, so the prices are low and they are more suitable for dumping . There are more exports, and tariffs on logistics products such as soybeans and pork are cheaper than others.

Farmers will re-use pig manure and put it in the farmland as waste, and the produced grain can also be processed into feed and fed back to pigs, which is equivalent to sustainable and healthy development.

In fact, it is not only the meat imported from the United States, but there are also differences in the sales price of many domestic chilled meats. In the US you can get a chicken for $5 or just a drumstick for $5 .

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Wholesale chicken breasts are marinated in brine and monosodium glutamate, plus a little bit of technology and hard work, wrapped in flour and fried in oil, so that Harlan Sanders can't even eat them. If we also learn from the United States to relax the implementation standards of clenbuterol, it is estimated that every dollar of chicken drumsticks can be earned.

Therefore, everyone can rest assured about domestic cold fresh meat and imported frozen meat. At least after passing through a customs, you can be assured of food safety . As for how it tastes, that's your choice.