BEIJING—China, the world’s top pork consumer, imported a record 400,000 tons in April, up nearly 170 percent from a year earlier, customs data showed, as buyers took advantage of low prices to stock up on meat.
China imported 1.35 million tons of pork in the first four months of this year, surging 170.4 percent from the same period a year ago, after a plunge in domestic production kept prices much higher than other markets.
