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The Netherlands has extended its focus and increased the export of live pigs and piglets. With respect to live animals in particular, the Netherlands has a strong(er) competitive position to maintain, but is not so important with respect to pork.

The Danish Minister and the Chinese Vice Minister met in Shanghai to discuss the possibility of a greater opening of the Chinese market to foreign pork. Pork is one of Denmark’s biggest exports and an agreement will increase Danish export opportunities to China. Furthermore, the Danish, Chinese and Finnish Ministers opened a conference in Shanghai focusing on food safety.

Exports of pork are expected to increase by 20 % over the next year.

Russia may export 60 times more pork and poultry by 2020, even as it seeks to build its food security by reducing dependence on imported meat, Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik said Tuesday.

Dominican Republic ’s Agriculture Ministry and pork producers will adopt the joint measures needed to declare the country free of Classic Swine Fever so that meat can be exported, especially to the United States.

The ban on beef and pork shipments in Miyazaki Prefecture put in place because of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease may be lifted this month because no new cases have been found since the slaughter of infected animals was completed last week.

Over the first four months of the year 2,438,000 piglets were exported and it is five percent more that during the same period of last year.

The Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing and Food of Mexico, Francisco Mayorga Castañeda communicated that Mexico will increment its meat exports to Russia, Vietnam and Singapore while they continue negotiations with Australia and New Zealand.

Pig producers now have an important new market as the Philippines has re-opened its market to the UK. The market had been closed since the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in 2007 and never formally re-opened.

The amount of pork products exported from Canada is expected to decline come calendar year 2011.

The exports of pig meat from Denmark to Japan increased by 20 % during the first quarter of this year.

The government hiked its outlook for 2010 U.S. agricultural exports to $104.5 billion, the second-highest level ever, amid stronger than expected demand from China and other Asian countries.

According to the latest report published by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade on exports from Spanish industry during the first quarter of the year, the sales from the meat sector reached 752.6 million euros (11% of the total), a figure that is 5.3% higher than that registered for the same period of the previous year.

The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, confirmed that the Chinese market has been fully reopened to Irish pigmeat.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced an investment in research, traceability and product development that will boost the competitive edge Canadian hog producers need to succeed in domestic and international markets. The investment of over $15 million will help deliver a better profit back to the farm gate and strengthen the industry for the future.

Brazilian exports reached 176.71 thousand tonnes between January and April which represents a decrease of 6.4% in volume but an increase of 12.91% in value. However, exports to Russia, the main destination for Brazilian pig meat, increased by 2.76% in volume.