Pork prices may seesaw as too many pigs go to market

China's pork market might undergo dramatic fluctuations next year because of a growing pig surplus, a senior agriculture official said yesterday.

The comments by Wang Zhicai, the Ministry of Agriculture's livestock husbandry division director, came at a time when the tight pork supply is easing.

The country had weathered months of skyrocketing pork prices since the blue ear virus spread throughout the country's pig population last year.