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Someone is facing a ham shortage?
A shortage of one very specific, high end, type of ham, yes. Similar to "wagyu beef"...brand/status/scarcity.
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A shortage of one very specific, high end, type of ham, yes. Similar to "wagyu beef"...brand/status/scarcity.
Will this come to the United States? If so, we better get ready as in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NC6iRwe9ns
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Isn't lower density animal production a good thing?
Well, moderation, as they say. In this case vast amounts of land are used to produce little product. Not sure how efficient it is. It suffers from "scalability" which kinda results in scarcity and then perception. I understand wanting free range --but this is an artificial diet constrained to grasses and acorns --swine usually are omnivorous and would eat more, but this ham requires only those two --so they must dedi…
People have strange priorities, or, to put it differently, people seem to not want any resources used for farming regardless of how it's used.
Why isn’t the price being adjusted?
No one HAS to sell to Chinese markets.
No one needs to sell to Chinese markets for Chinese to buy the product. We are in the WTO, so a Chinese importer comes, buys at market price, and pays tariffs.
Exactly as western people buy things in the international market.
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Will this come to the United States? If so, we better get ready as in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NC6iRwe9ns
It's a specific type of luxury ham produced in Spain (ergo the name "Iberian ham"). Since you didn't even know what this product was beforehand you have nothing to get ready for, it won't affect you.
Besides this ham, evidently Chinese demand has been blamed for the global shortage of avocados [0] and the lack of butter in France [1]. I've personally most noticed the effect when it comes to wide-release movies, in which the heroes manage to find some reason to end up for a brief scene in China, or to use Chinese brand products -- Civil War, Transformers, and Robocop come to mind. There's also the suspicion that A…
Only 20 foreign movies are allowed into China per year. Unless part of the movie takes place in China. Lots of movies have a special cut, just for that reason.
Besides this ham, evidently Chinese demand has been blamed for the global shortage of avocados [0] and the lack of butter in France [1]. I've personally most noticed the effect when it comes to wide-release movies, in which the heroes manage to find some reason to end up for a brief scene in China, or to use Chinese brand products -- Civil War, Transformers, and Robocop come to mind. There's also the suspicion that A…
> But demand is now threatening to outstrip supply Why isn’t the price being adjusted?