HAMBURG, Germany -- Demand for imported meat is at a record high in China because African swine fever has wiped out much of the country's pig herd. But exporters around the world are having trouble getting their pork into China because the coronavirus outbreak has snarled shipping links.
The most critical choke point centers on refrigerated shipping containers, or reefers, a necessity for meat shipments. Much of the world's supply of reefers is backed up in Chinese ports waiting to be unloaded or has been diverted elsewhere in the region because of the overflow.
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