Swine news - Economy

The Minister discussed the success of Canada's high-quality pork exports and congratulated Costco on their decision to exclusively import Canadian pork at all of their Japanese stores.

In the current state of the investigation, two products have been identified and are being removed from the Belgian market: minced meat and oxtail.

Commission requests Germany to align its rules with EU law regarding a VAT scheme made available to farmers.

The figures have dropped in comparison with the same period in 2016, both in the number of heads and in weight.

The MAPAMA has just published the last provisional data on pork production in 2017.

In comparison with 2016, in 2017 pork production has dropped.

The pig census as of December 2017 shows increases in almost all age groups.

The pig production data of January 2018 show an important growth with respect to last year.

Both parties’ interest to encourage the trade of agriculture and livestock products, pork being among them, stands out.

Commission proposes to increase de minimis aid to farmers to €25,000.

The total number of pigs in England has in creased by 2.8 % since December 2016.

Pigs represent the largest livestock category in the EU.

In 2017, both the number of slaughtered animals and their weight at slaughter dropped.

The imports of fresh and refrigerated pork grew by 3.2%.

The final figures regarding the European pork exports show a decrease by 8.1% with respect to 2016.

The significant percent increase in the value of the exports of frozen pork stand out.

With just over 60% of respondents indicating that the common agricultural policy benefits all citizens, more than nine in ten (92%) think that agriculture and rural areas are important for the future.

The foreign sales of meat and meat products went from 242,000 tonnes in 2014 to more than 342,000 tonnes.

Although the sales of pork have dropped, the Spanish share increases, and Spain has become the second exporting country, only beaten by the USA.

In 2018, record pork exports are expected, mainly based on the consumption patterns in Asia.

The value of EU agri-food exports reached €137.9 billion in 2017, corresponding to a sustained increase by 5.1% in value terms compared to 2016.

Pork production and poultry production have grown by 2.9% and 5.4% respectively.

The volume of imported pork for 2017 registered an increase of 10,65% compared to 2016.

With slightly less than 57.9 million pigs slaughtered in 2017, pig slaughterings dropped by 2.6%.