Vietnam to Increase Pork Imports

Vietnam plans to import more pork to meet domestic demand due to African swine fever affecting local supply, according to a Nov. 27 report from Customs News, the mouthpiece for Vietnam Customs. The country is short about 200,000 tons of pork, the report said, and it expects the imports to be expensive. A Vietnam official said due to “high” pork prices around the world, it won’t “necessarily be cheap,” according to the report. The official also said the country has no import quotas for pork.