China’s influence on international pork trade flows is declining while competition among exporters intensifies, as global pork trade is entering a new phase, a new report and the World Pork Map from RaboResearch shows. As China’s share of global imports falls, trade is becoming more diversified, with markets such as Mexico and Southeast Asia playing a growing role, while animal health developments, trade policies, and geopolitics are increasingly shaping trade outcomes alongside traditional cost competitiveness. Global pork trade was transformed by China’s African swine fever (ASF) crisis between 2018 and 2021, which drove a surge in Chinese import demand for pork.…