According to the Department of Livestock Husbandry, there is a rising demand for food about 20-30% towards the Lunar New Year 2014. Currently, the price of pork has been increasing. Specifically, the price of live pig is VND 49,000 per kg, a VND 4,000-5,000/ Kg increase compared to last month. However, the prices of commercial feed have kept increasing highly, which recorded at VND 11,000-12,000/ Kg. On the contrary, the price of chicken is relatively stable during this month with reasonable price, the price of white feather chicken was VND 20,000-21,000/ Kg, the yellow feathers chicken price VND 25,000 – 27,000 per kg.
According to MOA, from January to November 2013, the number of pigs accounted for 23.6 million pig in the whole country, a 0.9% decrease compared to the same period in 2012. The number of poultry reached at 317 million, a 2.94 % increase year-on-year. Poultry meat production reached at 762,300 tons, a 4.05% increase compared to January. Poultry egg production reached at 7,422 million, up 1.7 %.

Michael Boddington from Asian Agribusiness Consulting (AAC) has been involved in agribusiness in Asia since 2000. AAC has office both in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City and China Beijing. So AAC has a thorough understanding of the Viet Nam and China aqua industry and produces up-to-date research reports on the market. We can offer insights on supply and demand trends and comments on the future structure of Asian agribusiness. If you would like to know more please email  michael@boddingtonconsulting.com 

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