Answers of the Ministry of Commerce: Pig production can be in normal and reasonable interval market supply is generally sufficient

Cover news reporter Teng Yan

On July 14, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, Shu Jianting, said at the routine press conference of the Ministry of Commerce to answer questions about the supply of the pork market. The amount of pigs is 41.92 million, and the pork market is abundant.

Recently, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that in June, the National Resident Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.5%year -on -year, of which pork prices rose significantly.

Shu Jianting said that the Ministry of Commerce will take measures with relevant departments to do a good job in the pork market to maintain stable prices. One is to continue to strengthen the monitoring of the meat market, timely release information such as supply and demand, price, etc., stabilize market expectations, maintain the market stability of the market run. The second is to combine the market situation to give full play to the adjustment function of pork reserves to stabilize the pork market. The third is to guide some areas affected by the epidemic and flood conditions to strengthen the connection of production and sales, increase market supply, and do a good job of meat consumption guarantee for residents.

Shu Jianting revealed that at present, the production of pigs can be in a normal and reasonable range. At the end of May, the number of sows in the country was 41.92 million, and the pork market supply was generally sufficient.

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