It was learned on February 22, 2025 that pork has become the second largest source of animal protein in Ivory Coast after beef. In recent years, the demand for pork in the country has been growing and most of it relies on imports.
According to the data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States, Ivory Coast produces about 11,000 tons of pork and pork products each year, but the import volume has increased from 55,700 tons in 2019 to 121,000 tons in 2023, an average annual increase of 21.41%. Brazil has been grabbing market share, and its purchases of Brazilian pork have increased by an average of 28.46% per year, making it Brazil's second largest pork supplier in Africa (second only to Angola). The food processing industry report released by the US Department of Agriculture in November 2024 showed that in 2023, Ivory Coast mainly imported pork worth more than US$96 million from Poland, Brazil and Germany, of which Brazil accounted for 16%.
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Some experts believe that the low self-production capacity of pork inIvory Coast is due to irregular breeding, insufficient funds and African swine fever, especially the six outbreaks of African swine fever from 2015 to 2024, which caused a loss of 29.2 billion CFA francs (about 48.67 million US dollars) to the pig farming industry.
In order to get out of the predicament, the national livestock, fishery and aquaculture development policy set a target of 25,000 tons of pork per year, and launched technical training, genetic improvement, construction of slaughterhouses, health and epidemic prevention projects to promote the development of the pork industry.
According to the data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States, Ivory Coast produces about 11,000 tons of pork and pork products each year, but the import volume has increased from 55,700 tons in 2019 to 121,000 tons in 2023, an average annual increase of 21.41%. Brazil has been grabbing market share, and its purchases of Brazilian pork have increased by an average of 28.46% per year, making it Brazil's second largest pork supplier in Africa (second only to Angola). The food processing industry report released by the US Department of Agriculture in November 2024 showed that in 2023, Ivory Coast mainly imported pork worth more than US$96 million from Poland, Brazil and Germany, of which Brazil accounted for 16%.
Some experts believe that the low self-production capacity of pork inIvory Coast is due to irregular breeding, insufficient funds and African swine fever, especially the six outbreaks of African swine fever from 2015 to 2024, which caused a loss of 29.2 billion CFA francs (about 48.67 million US dollars) to the pig farming industry.
In order to get out of the predicament, the national livestock, fishery and aquaculture development policy set a target of 25,000 tons of pork per year, and launched technical training, genetic improvement, construction of slaughterhouses, health and epidemic prevention projects to promote the development of the pork industry.