Page 18 of articles about exports in Swine news

See the global pork production and trade forecasts for 2021 from the USDA's world markets and trade report.

Pork imports have been up this year due to better demand from consumers while imports of live hogs are down so far.

Pig meat was among the EU agrifood products that saw good performance in export value to China.

Month by month, EU pork exports to China are decreasing, with the cumulative total as of July already below 2020 levels.

Pig slaughter numbers reached the highest in 24 years.

Over 60% of Canada’s production that was previously eligible for export to China is currently suspended.

Australian pork production is estimated to reach a record in 2021 and continue at this high level in 2022.

Now that slaughterhouses are recovering from backlogs due to COVID-19, what will next year have in store for Canada's swine industry?

July pork exports were driven mainly by growth in Mexico, Central America, Colombia and the Philippines.

Agri-food and fishery exports reached an all-time high in 2020, driven by foreign sales of pork and fruit.

The Mexican market is now open for British pork for the first time, which means a potential boost of £50m for the UK over the first five years of trade.

USDA predicts growth for Brazil's pig and pork production in 2021 and 2022.

The lifting of the Japanese embargo is particularly significant as Japan represents an important market for the Belgian pork sector.

U.S. pork exports closed the first half of the year on a strong note, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation.

USDA predicts that pork production in China will decrease in 2022 due to low inventories and a smaller sow herd.