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Increasing family pet ownership in China is causing greated need for premium imported family pet food.
.(* )Upscale Chinese family pet owners are significantly looking for imported pet food with healthy, protein-rich active ingredients. This pattern is anticipated to continue over a minimum of the medium term.
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China’s family pet grocery store
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The volume of Chinese family pet food imports grew from 9,813 MT in 2016 to 97,560 MT in 2021 (GACC 2022). By 2025, the worth of China’s family pet grocery store is anticipated to go beyond US$ 16 billion (USDA 2022).
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A number of aspects are driving the boost in family pet food imports, consisting of:
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Sales development( expecially throughout COVID-19). Online platforms are the favored channels for imported pet-food purchases
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- Increased pet ownership and humanisation of animals (see listed below)
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- In 2021, Canada (47%), the United States (20%), and New Zealand( 13% )represented 80 %of China’s family pet food imports. Australia had a 2% market share( see
Upscale customers looking for premium imported food for their animals. Pre-prepared and freeze-dried family pet foods increasing in appeal to fit city way of lives.
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.(* )Figure 1: Chinese family pet food imports from 2018 to 2021 by nation( in RMB Yuan millions) . .
Chauffeurs of pet ownership in China
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Market and cultural aspects are driving the boost in pet ownership in China. These patterns become part of wider modifications in China and are anticipated to continue. This will support additional boosts in pet ownership. They consist of:
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Increased non reusable earnings permitting more space in family spending plans to purchase animals and pet food
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An aging population looking for animal friendship. In a lot of cases, the older generation of Chinese have just one kid, causing an increased focus on dealing with animals as surrogate kids
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- Millennial Chinese weding later on and positioning higher significance on animals as member of the family.
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Regardless of current boosts, just 20% of Chinese homes presently own a family pet. This compares to 38% in Japan, 62% in Australia and 70% in the United States (USDA 2022; Hannick 2020).
Historically, canines have actually represented most of domesticated animals in China. In 2021, nevertheless, Chinese family pet owners were most likely to own a cat (60%) than a dog (54%) for the very first time. There are an approximated 58 million family pet felines and 54 million family pet canines in China (See
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Figure 2: Domestic dog and cat numbers (millions) in China from 2018 to 2021 .
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Resources
.(* )Austrade has more details about the Chinese market.
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The United States Department of Farming( USDA )has actually just recently released an report on the Chinese family pet grocery store.
.(* )The Australian Federal government’s network of Farming Counsellors supplied details for this short article. More details about the Farming Counsellor network, consisting of contact information, is readily available on the Department of Farming, Water and the Environment site.
.(* )To find out more on what family pet foodstuff are qualified for export, go to the Animal Food Market Association Australia’s site.
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