Pork price remains high due to short supply, MOC

时间：2007-07-21 06:07:47

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Chinanews, Beijing, July 20 – Recently, pork price keeps rising in China. The public fear that in the near future, there might not be enough pork available in the market. In clearing such fears, Assistant Minister of Commerce Huang Hai said that Chinese government could guarantee enough pork supply in the market. Pork selling price might still remain high during the second half of the year; however, the short supply will come to an end by the end of the year, when supply and demand for pork remains1 at a balanced level. By then, he said, pork selling price will return to the normal range.

 

Since mid2 May this year, pork price has witnessed a major rise twice in many places across China. Recently, the pork price is still climbing up little by little.

 

The price hike is mainly boosted by the short supply of pork, said the assistant minister on Thursday.

 

At present, pigs are raised by individual farmers. Since these farmers can not share information effectively, sometimes pork supply will exceed demand, while at other times, the situation is vice3 versa. During the first half of 2006, the price of pigs dropped dramatically. In order to reduce raising costs, many farmers killed sows and sold the piglets at cheap prices. As a result, the number of fully4 grown pigs dropped dramatically during the first half of this year. In many abattoirs5, the number of pigs that could be killed for meat also dropped tremendously. Consequently, less pork is available in the market.

 

The blue-ear disease occurred in some places across China this year and price of forage6 kept rising. All these added costs to pig raising. In addition, heat wave swept over some places across China and floods occurring in these places destroyed roads, making pork delivery difficult.

 

It usually takes about half a year for a piglet to fully grow. So the problem of short pork supply can not be solved in the short term. Pork price might remain high during the second half of the year. If there are serious natural disasters or epidemic7 diseases occurring at that time, pork price might further climb in some parts of China, the assistant minister said.

 
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1 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
2 mid doTzSB     
adj.中央的，中间的
参考例句：
  • Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
  • He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。
3 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
4 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
5 abattoirs 3d055981c8997d686638bb3b8b53b631     
n.屠场( abattoir的名词复数 )；（拳击、摔跤、斗牛等的）角斗场
参考例句：
  • All that talk about abattoirs turned me right off! 关于屠宰场的那些话让我十分恶心。 来自互联网
  • They take more care and have a greater number of staff than more intensive abattoirs. 他们更注意生产，比那些更密集的屠宰场拥有更多的雇员。 来自互联网
6 forage QgyzP     
n.(牛马的)饲料，粮草；v.搜寻，翻寻
参考例句：
  • They were forced to forage for clothing and fuel.他们不得不去寻找衣服和燃料。
  • Now the nutritive value of the forage is reduced.此时牧草的营养价值也下降了。
7 epidemic 5iTzz     
n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的
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  • That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
  • The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

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