摘要：What countries will have a competitive advantage in producing pork for internationalcustomers in the next decades. We briefly examine the changing competitive structure,emphasizing costs of production and processing, for four major pork exporting countries - theUnited States, Denmark, The Netherlands, and Canada. Several productivity and cost differences,and their causes are profiled for pork producers and processors in each country. Changingenvironmental constraints and differences likely to play an important role in affecting exports fromeach country are summarized. After considering each of the changes occurring and the relativecosts in each country's pork sector individually, we conclude that western Canada could developa competitive advantage if it develops a more competitive processing industry, that the UnitedStates' very efficient processing industry and the lower cost hog production should help expandits market share, but Denmark is likely to remain the leading exporter despite their higher costsystem.
