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Pork exports increased, especially towards China, while imports declined.

"Trade agreements have great importance to Canada's pork producers who work hard to develop a global reputation as a reliable supplier of safe, wholesome, high-quality pork," says CPC chair Rick Bergmann.

According to AHDB Pork, pork export volumes from the four major pig meat exporters (the EU, US, Canada and Brazil) excelled last year, exceeding 5.5 million tonnes.

Pork, with 4,058,913 tonnes, stands out with 63% of the total meat production.

EU meat production reached a record level in 2016 but is showing signs of downward adjustments. Sustained pigmeat exports to China facilitated a recovery in the EU price.

According to Statistics Canada, hog producers reported 13.7 million hogs on January 1, up 1.6% from January 1, 2016, marking the fourth consecutive year-over-year increase.

China stands out as the main destination, with 44.9% of the total volume.

A new online tool has been launched to help European agri-food producer organisations in their efforts to promote their products.

Global sales of the UK’s food and drink have hit the £20 billion mark for the first time, Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom announced.

Although a stronger valued U.S. dollar is expected to constrain growth in U.S. agricultural exports somewhat, the United States remains competitive in global agricultural markets and export values grow over the next 10 years.

Trade agreements have helped to boost EU agricultural exports and have supported jobs in the agri-food sector and other sectors of the economy, according to a new independent study carried out on behalf of the European Commission.

Exports of Russian pork products have increased significantly over the last year.

The Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) – the most significant multilateral trade deal concluded since the establishment of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 1995 - enters into force.

With a surplus of €18.8 billion the agri-food sector is also a major contributor to the overall surplus of the European Union in merchandise trade, which stood at €39.3 billion in 2016.

The ruling concerns a ban imposed by Russia in January 2014 because of the outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in areas in the EU close to the border with Belarus.

The measures proposed by the EU cause that 60% of the Romanian pigs farms cannot export live pigs to the EU.