Taiwan's pork supply chain is undergoing an automation upgrade — good news for supermarket shoppers and for the stability of meat supplies.

• Taiwan Animal Husbandry's Xinle plant in Pingtung, built at a cost of nearly NT$3 billion, has begun operations, using five 3D-scanning AI robotic arms for slaughtering and cutting, raising overall capacity by close to three times.
• The line can process up to 450 pigs per hour, more than 500,000 a year, with more precise cuts and improvements in both food safety and worker safety.
• PX Mart's exclusive "Hao Xin Pork" brand broke NT$60 million in sales last year and has accounted for more than 40% of the chain's pork revenue over the past two years.
• Meat can reach PX Mart's logistics centre in as little as 1.5 hours, then travel by refrigerated transport to stores, keeping the cold chain unbroken throughout.
• Ghost Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival are peak seasons for meat. In September, PX Mart will launch a co-branded line of seasoned sliced meat with Kaohsiung restaurant LA ONE, and expects Mid-Autumn sales of premium cuts to grow by more than 10%.

Outlook: Demand for Mid-Autumn barbecues will push meat sales higher, while the automated production line makes supply and prices more stable.