Courtesy of the National Pork Producers Council

Securing zero-tariff access to China for U.S. pork would be an economic boon for American agriculture and the country, according to an analysis released recently by NPPC. Based on the analysis by Iowa State University (ISU) Economist Dermot Hayes, NPPC said unrestricted access to the Chinese chilled and frozen market would reduce the overall trade deficit with China by nearly six percent, generate 184,000 new U.S. jobs in the next decade and produce $24.5 billion in sales, all in the next decade. “The U.S. pork industry is missing out on an unprecedented sales opportunity in China when it most needs an affordable, safe and reliable supply of its favored protein,” said NPPC President David Herring, a hog farmer from Lillington, N.C. “The United States is the lowest-cost producer of pork in the world, but with 72 percent tariffs we are not nearly as competitive as Europe, Brazil, Canada and other nations.” NPPC also launched a digital communications campaign [link] to broaden awareness for the unique opportunity for U.S. pork in China. The analysis and campaign received a significant amount of media coverage, including from Politico, Bloomberg, Adams on Agriculture and DTN, and was covered in a Hogs on the Hill blog post.