German pig 部門 as African Swine Fever 確認するd in wild boar
Sept 10 (Reuters) - A 事例／患者 of African Swine Fever has been 確認するd in a wild boar in eastern Germany, raising the 可能性 that 重要な 顧客s such as 中国 could 禁止（する） 出荷／船積みs from the country.
South Korea banned 輸入するs of pork from Germany on Thursday. The 農業 省 said the 禁止（する） will 適用する to pork leaving Germany from Sept. 10 onwards.
中国 banned 出荷／船積みs from Belgium in 2018 すぐに after two 事例／患者s of ASF in wild boar were 確認するd. The 病気 is not dangerous to humans but 致命的な to pigs.
Here are some facts about Germany's pig 部門.
GERMAN PRODUCTION
* In 2019, Germany was the European Union's largest pork 生産者, 虐殺（する）ing 55.1 million pigs, just ahead of Spain's 53.0 million, によれば EU data.
* German 生産／産物 has, however, been 拒絶する／低下するing partly 予定 to 病弱なing 国内の 需要・要求する and the number of pigs 虐殺（する）d last year was the lowest since 2008.
* Pig farming in Germany is おもに concentrated in the north-west, in the 明言する／公表するs of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. The 事例／患者 of ASF was in Brandenburg, which is hundreds of kilometres to the east of the main producing area.
GERMAN EXPORTS
* Germany ships a lot of pork and pork 製品s to other EU countries, most 顕著に Italy, but its most important 輸出（する） market outside the 貿易（する）ing 圏 is 中国.
* In 2019, Germany 輸出（する）d 601,015 tonnes of pork and pork 製品s to 中国 含むing 323,363 tonnes of frozen meat and 244,176 tonnes of offal which 含む 内部の 組織／臓器s such as the 肝臓 and heart.
* 輸出（する）s from Germany to 中国 rose はっきりと last year from 356,980 tonnes the previous year as the Asian country 取り組むd its own 突発／発生 of ASF.
* South Korea is the second most important 非，不，無-EU market for German pork and pork 製品s with 輸出（する）s totalling 106,309 tonnes in 2019.
* Spain has overtaken Germany in 最近の years as the 最高の，を越す EU 供給者 to 中国 with 輸出（する）s in 2019 こども alling 635,653 tonnes.
(報告（する）／憶測ing by Nigel 追跡（する）, graphic by Gavin Maguire; editing by David Evans)
