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Agricultural exports from the EU are set to benefit the most,such as poultry, cheese, chocolate, pasta, and pork.

Uncertainty in global markets – due to disease risk, trade disputes, and feed availability – will create opportunities and challenges for the pork industry in the coming months.

During the first trimester of 2018, Brazilian pork exports have dropped both in terms of volume and value.

Pork is the EU's main agricultural export to Japan.

In January 2018, pig production grew by 4.1% in comparison with January 2017.

Government of Argentina has finalized technical requirements that will allow U.S. pork to be imported into Argentina for the first time since 1992.

Since 2015 China has been restructuring its pork sector. As a consequence, its imports peaked in mid-2016 and then declined until the end of 2017. Only in November 2017 the trend reversed and imports are expected to stabilise in 2018.

The Commission published a report presenting a short-term agricultural markets' outlook. In 2018 pigmeat production is expected to rise.

Chile, together with other 10 countries, signed the free trade agreement, that favours national pork exports. It is expected that the exports to Japan grow by 10-15% in the next years.

Spain is now one of the four main pork exporters in the world, together with Germany, the USA and Denmark, with sales that amount 1,554,981 tonnes of pork.

China plans to impose tariffs on up to products from the United States to make up for losses caused by US tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum products. For pork, a 25 percent tariff is proposed.

The decision of the Taiwanese authorities will send an important and positive signal also to other Asian governments to fully recognise the EU's stringent veterinary controls.

Under an export certificate recently negotiated between the two countries, the United States now can ship pork to Paraguay.

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

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

During the meeting, the parties discussed technical issues on access of Russian livestock products, such as beef, pork and poultry meat to the Thai market.