Trade war puts the hoof into U.S. pig part exports to China

[jpak]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-pork/trade-war-puts-the-hoof-into-u-s-pig-part-exports-to-china-idUSKBN1K71EA

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Before the U.S.-China trade war, American pig processors exported nine out of every 10 pigs’ feet and heads they shipped overseas to China and Hong Kong - for prices higher than they would fetch anywhere else.

Those parts and others that most Americans won’t eat - hearts, tongues, stomachs, entrails - have a special place in Chinese culinary culture and, consequently, in the profit margins of U.S. pork exporters.

“You often hear that the products are what keep the plants running,” said Erin Borror, economist for U.S. Meat Export Federation, a trade group.

The pipeline for these profitable pig parts, known collectively as offal, is closing fast after China slapped two tariffs on U.S. pork totaling 50 percent.

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[dalton99a]

1. More mystery meat for Spam

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. I do not eat SPAM for that reason......

I ate so much of it as a kid, I cannot stomach it as an adult.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Now it's expensive...

[peggysue2]

4. My father and father-in-law

absolutely loved spam and scrapple.

Ugh!

That being said, this is just another agricultural sector being killed by lousy policy. For everyone's sake, I hope these farmers and breeders wake up soon. Before we're all ruined.

[HAB911]

5. WAH WAH