According to statistics of the Department of Animal Health, volume of imported pork and related products reached of 93,248 tonnes during the opening seven months of the year, mainly from Canada, Germany, Brazil, Russia, and the US, increasing 223% against the same period last year.

From the beginning of July, the wholesale price of lean pork at Hoc Mon Agricultural Product and Food Wholesale Market has been on average US $ 5.65/kg, in the retail market, pork price is US $ 0.4-0.8/kg while lean pork prices delivered in July-2020 in Chicago (USA) is around US $ 1.1/kg

Vietnamese businesses have purchased nearly 3,500 tonnes of pork from Russia in an effort to increase supply sources and reduce domestic pork prices that have been skyrocketing on the market for the past few weeks.