Japan Pork Imports Could Rise

Diseases, High Prices Drive Policy Change

Richard Smith
By  Richard Smith , DTN Tokyo Correspondent
Pork suppliers are expecting prices to increase as the result of an outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea since October last year. (DTN file photo)
Recent PED outbreaks and overall high pork prices may see Japanese officials lower tariffs on pork products.

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