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Pakistan emerges as new donkey supplier to China: report
Pakistan is emerging as a new supplier of donkeys to China, as growing demand for donkey hides used in the traditional Chinese medicine ejiao opens a niche export market for the country, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The expansion comes as Chinese demand for donkey hides grows while domestic supplies decline. The hides are used to produce ejiao, a collagen-rich gelatin made by boiling donkey skin and widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. As per Bloomberg, China’s ejiao market was valued at around $7.8 billion in 2021, according to a 2023 US Congressional Research Service report, which ...
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