Export turnover of livestock products increases in the first half of 2021

In which, the export of milk and dairy products is estimated at $60 million, rising by 35% while meat products reached $54.6 million, increasing by 30.8%.

Speaking at the conference to review the first 6 months of 2021 of the livestock industry on July 5 in Hanoi, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien said that the domestic livestock industry has been negatively affected by the objective factors of market supply and demand in today’s highly open market economy; however, it is a normal issue.

According to him, the livestock industry will experience both ups and downs as it is regulated by the market.

Therefore, moments in which the prices of animal feed increases and of cattle and poultry decreases should not be considered as the general situation of the whole industry, he added.

“It is necessary to view the livestock industry in recent years as a game of chess and it can be confirmed that we are on the right track in this game. The industry needs to have a clear and direct look at its own situation to see its strengths and weaknesses, which aspects should be promoted and which areas need to be improved in order to have more timely orientation and forecast, avoid being passive and follow the market's movements”, the Deputy Minister said.

He requested the livestock industry to pay particular attention to disease prevention and control to protect the achieved results, which is a prerequisite in the last six months of 2021.

At the same time, the industry needs to continue to reform administrative procedures, reduce business conditions and conduct specialized inspection to create favorable conditions for individuals and businesses to invest in the livestock sector, especially in the processing field to increase added value for the industry.

According to Duong Tat Thang, Acting Director of the Department of Livestock Production, by the end of June 2021, the total herds of cows in the country increased by 2.5%, pigs by 11.6%, poultry by 5.4% (only buffalo herd decreased by 3.1%) compared to the same period in 2020.

It is estimated that in the first 6 months of 2021, the total output of live meat for slaughter is estimated at over 3.2 million tons, of which the output of live beef reaches 231,000 tons, up 4.2% (the figure reached 106,000 tons in the second quarter, up 4.6%); live buffalo meat production reached 61,000 tons, down 0.1% compared to the same period in 2020 (the figure reached 27,000 tons in the second quarter, down 1%).

Live pork production in the first 6 months of the year reached 2 million tons, up 8.1% (1 million tons in the second quarter, up 8.6%); live poultry meat production reached 932,000 tons, up 6.1% (estimated at 450,000 tons in the second quarter, up 6.1%); poultry egg production reached 8.4 billion eggs, up 5% (estimated at 4 billion eggs in the second quarter, up 5.6%); fresh cow's milk production reached 561,000 tons, up 11.2% (285,000 tons in the second quarter, up 12.8%).

Meanwhile, the output of industrial feed in the first 6 months of the year was estimated at about 10.3 million tons, an increase of about 5.7% compared to the same period in 2020, of which pig feed reached 5. 1 million tons, up 29.7% over the same period in 2020 and poultry feed reached 4.6 million tons, down 9.6% over the same period in 2020.