中国 says pig herd 縮むs by 32% in July まっただ中に swine fever 突発／発生
BEIJING, Aug 16 (Reuters) - 中国's pig herd shrank by 32.2% in July from the same month a year ago, its 農業 省 said on Thursday, as African swine fever continues to spread through the country.
The 省 also said the number of （種を）蒔くs 拒絶する／低下するd by 31.9% in July, a year after the nation 報告（する）／憶測d its first 突発／発生 of the 病気, which is 致命的な to pigs but does not 害（を与える） people.
Swine fever has 攻撃する，衝突する the world's 最高の，を越す pork-producing nation hard, roiling its 広大な agribusiness 部門 and reshaping the 全世界の meat 貿易（する）.
The 拒絶する／低下するs in both pig and （種を）蒔く numbers last month are 意味ありげに steeper than in June data, when the pig herd shrank by 25.8% and （種を）蒔く numbers fell 26.7%.
産業 見積（る）s 示唆する the herd may have 契約d much more, however, with some putting the 拒絶する／低下する at 50%.
"The pig herd hasn't reached its lowest level yet. It will 落ちる その上の in the second half of the year," Zhang Liwei, a 上級の 分析家 at the 公式の／役人 中国 国家の 穀物s and Oils （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） 中心, told a 会議／協議会 on Friday.
He said the 拒絶する／低下する would その上の 衝撃 soymeal 需要・要求する, which is already under 圧力.
The growing 不足（高） in pigs has 押し進めるd 中国's live hog prices above the 2016 記録，記録的な／記録する, with the 国家の 普通の／平均（する） at 23.49 yuan ($3.34) per kg this week. 分析家s also 推定する／予想する pork prices to より勝る 記録，記録的な／記録する levels in coming months.
($1 = 7.0408 yuan)
(報告（する）／憶測ing by Dominique Patton; 付加 報告（する）／憶測ing by Hallie Gu in Harbin; Editing by Richard Pullin, Joseph Radford and Tom Hogue)
