Dong Nai Province is asking HCMC to help consume some 10,000 pigs a day from the neighboring province to ease the supply glut.
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| A consumer looks at pork on sale at a supermarket in HCMC. Dong Nai Province is asking HCMC to help consume some 10,000 pigs a day to cope with an oversupply. |
Dong Nai Province is asking HCMC to help consume some 10,000 pigs a day from the neighboring province to ease the supply glut.
“If HCMC consumes 10,000 pigs from Dong Nai everyday, the province will be able to free up 300,000 pigs in the next month,” said Duong Minh Dung, director of the Department of Industry and Trade of Dong Nai Province, at a meeting with relevant agencies and enterprises from HCMC.
According to Dung, Dong Nai Province currently has a herd of about 1.8 million pigs, including 300,000 pigs of over 80 kilos. At present, the province provides 5,000-6,000 live pigs for HCMC a day.
However, most of the enterprises from HCMC said their slaughterhouses are operating at full capacity. Besides, the number of pigs traded at wholesale markets has also risen to a record high. Therefore, they cannot increase pig consumption to support Dong Nai.
Moreover, if the amount of pigs transported to HCMC increases, pork prices would even dip.
A representative of the HCMC Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said the demand for pork cannot surge overnight. Besides, an increase in pork sales would affect the consumption of other food products and a greater amount of pigs slaughtered will put pressure on the environment.
Nguyen Huynh Trang, deputy director of the HCMC Department of Industry and Trade, said that in order to support Dong Nai pig farmers, the city could boost sales campaigns at export processing zones and industrial zones and continue to encourage processing units to increase consumption.
In a longer term, Trang suggested Dong Nai review agriculture planning, invest in a variety of farm produce and reduce dependence on pig farming.
(Source:SGT)
