BEIJING—Six planes carrying more than 4,000 high-quality French breeding pigs have arrived in China so far this year, the first of an expected dozens of plane-loads as the world’s top pork producer rebuilds its decimated hog herd.
China is ramping up imports as it rushes to restock after an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) swept through the country from late 2018, killing tens of millions of pigs and reducing its sow herd by as much as 60 percent.
