Swine news - Economy

The exports to China have recovered suddenly (+51% year-on-year), with 8,500 tonnes (carcass weight) sold to the north of Asia: 2,350 tonnes (carcass weight) more than in January 2018 (of which +1,950 tonnes in carcass weight sent to China.

These potential projects are necessary to satisfy the real demand of meat products in Cuba.

With the implementation of this safeguard, the imports of USA pork products are subject to an increase in tariffs.

China is the world′s largest producer of pork and thus has plenty of raw material to produce heparins.

This new system will simplify the search for information about Geographical Indications and increase transparency for producers, national authorities and anyone curious about European GIs.

The Agriculture Committee approved the first batch of proposals to improve EU farm policy so that it better meets farmers’ and consumers’ expectations.

The USDA will verify if Brazilian pork and beef still fulfil the USA health requirements.

Less slaughters, higher weights, similar meat production, increase of exports to China ...

Based on increasing consumer demand, stable feed prices and the modernization efforts of the Mexican industry, USDA forecasts an increase in pork production in 2019.

The Government has launched a new ‘no deal’ notification system for businesses that import live animals from outside the EU.

The 2017 full-year import figure already broke the 2 million metric ton barrier for the first time since records began in 1988, in 2018 this figure was exceeded.

According to USDA, by the end of 2019, China's total swine inventory will be down and pork production will decrease.

In a joint statement, on March 11th, the PRCs of Brittany and Pays de la Loire, and the NPPA announced that “they strongly support the project for the creation of a POA”.

Pork export volume came up just short of the record set in 2017 while value slipped 1 percent year-over-year.

Through an agreement signed by the President of the SENASA, Mr Ricardo Negri, and the General Manager of the Inter American Institute for Agricultural Cooperation, Mr Manuel Otero, in Buenos Aires.

With this political agreement, EU geographical indications can have improved protection at multilateral level.

In a seminar held in Beijing on February 21st, the European meat industry encouraged China to apply regionalization to the trade of meat from countries affected by diseases such as African swine fever.

The European Parliament voted on a new set of EU rules that will ensure protection of 100% of European farmers as well as small and mid-range suppliers against unfair trading practices in the food supply chain.

USDA and FDA announce a formal agreement to regulate cell-cultured food products from cell lines of livestock and poultry.

The initiative of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) to increase the Russian food embargo, established since 2014, didn't have the support of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Increase in production, decrease in exports and worsening of the trade deficit.

Of the nine plants just authorised, nine produce pork and four fowl.

Over the year, a number of ‘industrial’ pigs in Ukraine went up by 2%.