How swine fever in Africa ended up hurting India's buffalo meat trade

Sales have halved since the borders were tightened last year when African swine fever was discovered in China, with buffalo shipments via Vietnam now down to about 1,000 containers a month

China’s attempts to stop the spread of African swine fever are closing the door on a black market meat trade that’s normally worth about $2 billion a year.
 

Stricter controls at China’s borders have slashed the amount of unofficial produce being imported into the country through its immediate neighbors. That includes as much as 2,000 containers of buffalo meat that Indian herders ship to China every month via Vietnam to circumvent an 18 year ban by Beijing.
 

Sales have halved since the borders were tightened last year when African swine fever was discovered in China, with buffalo shipments via Vietnam