Qingdao's foreign pork products account for 70% of beef imports

How many pig beef, mutton, and poultry meats Qingdao people eat each day? Is there any change compared to before? Yesterday, the reporter learned from the Qingdao Municipal Bureau of Commerce and major vegetable wholesale markets that the diet structure of the island’s urban residents has changed a lot over the past five years. Pork consumption has doubled from 5 years ago, accounting for about 70% of the data. Compared with 5 years ago, it has dropped by 20%. 200 tons of pork are eaten by the public one day and the other three become beef, mutton and poultry meat. The consumption of beef and mutton increased rapidly, about three times that of five years ago.

Foreign meats sing protagonists Inner Mongolia beef, U.S. imported beef cattle, Luxi cattle, U.S. snowflake beef... At Fushun Road Wholesale Market, the reporter saw a dozen kinds of packaged beef inside the meat shop freezer. Mr. Sun, the owner of the Tiancheng Meat Shop, told reporters that at present, domestically produced beef in Qingdao accounts for less than half, while imported beef accounts for more than 60%, mainly American beef, followed by Australia. In addition to beef and mutton, the pork in Daocheng City is also a foreign player's protagonist, mainly from Yantai, Linyi, Weifang, and other surrounding areas, occupying 70% of the market share of Daocheng.

The meat consumption in the past five years has doubled. “At present, meat consumption in Qingdao is mainly based on pork, which accounts for about 70% of the total.” Chu Liangzheng, a staff member of Huazhong Wholesale Market, told reporters that beef accounts for 5% of the total amount of meat. It accounted for 3%-5% of the proportion, poultry and other meats accounted for about 20%. The reporter learned from the Municipal Bureau of Commerce that as the living standards of the island's urban residents have increased, the consumption of meat has also increased significantly compared with previous years, and the consumption of various kinds of meat has at least doubled from five years ago. “Before wages were not high, the people were still unable to eat meat like they are now. They had to figure out how to spend money.” Ye Jianmin, manager of Fushun Road Wholesale Market, told reporters that the standard of living is good now, especially in the catering industry. It is well-developed, with rotisseries throughout the streets of the city, which increase the consumption of meat.

The share of pork decreased by 20% The reporter learned that compared with other meats, pork is still an indisputable protagonist in the meat consumption of the public, accounting for 70% of the market share, but this figure has dropped by 20% compared with 5 years ago. . The obvious change is that the consumption of beef and mutton has increased rapidly, about three times of five years ago.

Take the Fushun Road Wholesale Market as an example. In 2007, the sales volume of mutton was about 30 in one day, but now it is more than 100 in one day. The beef sold less than 10 times a day five years ago, and now it is about 30.

“In the past, pork was mainly eaten, and beef and mutton were rarely eaten. The main reason was that the consumption capacity was not enough, followed by the concept of health is not as strong as it is now.” Ye Jianmin, Manager of Fushun Road Wholesale Market, told reporters that the soaring pork prices are also among them. The main reason was that five years ago, a pound of beef and mutton could buy 3 pounds of pork. Now the price of pork and beef and mutton is almost the same, and many people prefer to buy beef and mutton.