🇨🇳 ChinaProtein Intelligence
China is the world's largest protein consumer and producer, accounting for over 50% of global pork production. WH Group (Shuanghui), New Hope Liuhe, and COFCO are the dominant vertically integrated players. Significant protein import demand — particularly beef and seafood — makes China the defining variable in global protein trade flows.
China is the world's largest protein consumer, accounting for over 50% of global pork production and consumption, with import demand increasingly setting global beef and seafood prices.
China's protein market is dominated by domestic pork production — centred in Sichuan, Henan, and Shandong — with WH Group (Shuanghui), New Hope Liuhe, and COFCO as the leading integrated players. Post-ASF (African Swine Fever) herd reconstruction 2019–2023 drove record beef and poultry import volumes, which have now partially normalised. Chinese customs import data, released monthly, is the single most market-moving figure for Brazilian beef and Australian sheepmeat exporters.
When Chinese domestic pork prices exceed 24 CNY/kg, Chinese processors shift to frozen imported beef as a pork substitute in processed food. This creates the most reliable and largest-volume protein import demand pulse in the world — and a direct export opportunity for Brazil, Argentina, and Australia.
Official customs-level trade flows for China will appear here as data is sourced from approved providers and published. Current data status: draft flows under review.
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