The Ministry of Agriculture said China has become the largest waterfowl producer in the world. It breeds and produces three quarters of the world's duck and geese annually.
According to the website of the Agriculture Ministry on Nov. 3, ducks are China's most competitive waterfowl products on the international market. Exports to the European Union, Southeast Asia and Japan have been increasing year on year. China has 67.3 percent of the world's total stock of ducks at the yearend.
Ducks and geese are the two major categories of China's waterfowl products. The country feeds 4.3 billion ducks and geese and produces 5.5 million tons of duck meat and geese meet a year, both accounting for more than 75 percent of the world's total.
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