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2011 ended with a total of 443.155 million dollars in pork exports, which represented an increase of 26% in export value.

Effective immediately, the Ukrainian market has been re-opened to Canadian live swine, and opened for the first time to Canadian swine genetics.

This is a first step in the WTO dispute settlement system.

With the approval of the refrigeration plant Uberlândia, located in Minas Gerais, the number of Brazilian companies that can export pork to China rises to four.

The Ambassador of Argentina in Brazil, Luis Maria Kreckler, announced the end to the embargo on pork imports from Brazil to the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Mendes Ribeiro Filho.

European pork exports follow last year’s trend with an increase of 9.1% during the first quarter.

On the Belarus border three breeding pig consignments destined for exportation from Denmark to the Tambov Oblast had been detained due to death of 37 animals.

Commercial pork production is expected to be 23.8 billion pounds.

First quarter U.S. pork exports were 1.4 billion pounds, 15.8 percent ahead of last year.

British pork will soon be on menus in China following a £50 million deal reached by Agriculture Minister Jim Paice.

U.S. pork exports finished the first quarter 8 percent higher in volume (598,058 metric tons) and 20 percent higher in value ($1.66 billion) than last year’s record pace.

Driven exclusively by gains in poultry and pigmeat production, global meat output is set to expand by nearly 2 percent to 302 million tonnes in 2012.

The total pigmeat production decreased by 9.2% y-o-y to 60 018 tonnes.

Due to identification during the quarantine in Russia of brucellosis positive breeding pigs imported from Germany and Czechia, since April 27, 2012 the Rosselkhoznadzor has imposed temporary restrictions on importation of such animal category from these countries.

Canadian pork shipments during 2011 came in at a record 1.15 million tonnes.

Exports of Danish pork in 2011 increased by 5%.