Chinese June beef imports at highest level since January

China’s beef imports rose to around 220,000 tons in June, the highest volume since January and above the same month last year, according to GACC data released by OIG+X. It was the first month this year showing a year-on-year increase in volume.

The value of these imports reached US$ 1.106 billion, plus US$ 12 million for beef offal.

In the first half of the year, China imported 1.3 million tons shipment weight of beef, down 9.5% year-on-year.

As for sheepmeat, China imported 29.07 tons in June at an average value of US$/t 3,866 and 213,032 tons in the semester at US$/t 3,807.

In total, China imported 530,000 tons of meat in June and 3.2 million tons in the first half of the year, with a 3.6% year-on-year increase in June and a 2.7% decrease in the accumulated first half.