Data and background of beef cattle industry in China

Introduction: By 2004, the import tariff of beef in China will be gradually reduced from 45% to about 12% Grain and other large agricultural products enjoy tariff quota protection, while beef does not enjoy this privilege Under the premise that China reserves the right of spot check, 6000 beef processing enterprises in the United States have the right to export beef to China, while only a dozen before that Right China's beef production reached 5.328 million tons in 2000, and its proportion in the total domestic meat production increased from 4.4% in 1990 to 8.4% in 2000 Its proportion in the world's beef production increased from 2.7% in 1991 to 8.8% in 2000, becoming the third largest beef producer in the world after the United States and Brazil At present, the price of domestic beef in China is about 14 yuan per kilogram, which is more than 80% lower than the price of beef in the international market, so it has considerable competitiveness in price At present, China's average carcass weight is 50 kg lower than the world's average of 197 kg, 159 kg lower than that of developed countries (306 kg in the United States); the average annual meat production per cattle on hand is 45 kg, 5 kg higher than the world's average, but 66 kg lower than that of developed countries (111 kg in the United States) In recent years, China has been actively improving cattle breeds, But up to now, the coverage rate of improved beef cattle is only 18% In the future, with the gradual transition of the structure of meat in China to three-thirds pork, beef, mutton and poultry, the consumption of beef will continue to grow