date:Apr 25, 2013
rs, rising almost five-fold to 58.39 million tonnes in 2012 from 10.43 million tonnes in 2000, driven by rising wealth and demand for high-protein food such as pork, poultry and seafood. China now accounts for half of the world pork consumption and close to 15 percent of the global poultry production.
China's soybean imports in 2012/13 could still be in line with last year's level because of strong growth in pork consumption, the China National Grain Oil Information Center said.
But this year