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Both pork and beef exports exceeded year-ago levels by more than 20 percent in both volume and value, according to statistics released by USDA and compiled by USMEF.

It is estimated that the supply in terms of each species will be as follows: 2,73 million tonnes of beef; 2,4 million tonnes of fowl; 750 thousand tonnes of pork; and 55 thousand tonnes of lamb.

The FranceAgriMer board specialised in “white meats” met last 29 November under the presidency of Mr. Jean-Michel Schaeffer to evaluate the conditions of the market for pork and fowl.

In the case of pork, the high foreign demand has encouraged the increase in exports, alleviating the lower domestic demand.

The memorandum will allow to start the work to establish the requirements that must be fulfilled by those interested in selling pig offal.

Pigmeat production is now expected to expand only marginally (by less than 1.3 % by 2026 compared to its 2016 high levels).

The exports of Spanish pork and processed pork products recorded, between January and August, an invoincing of €2,885 million: +15,3% in comparison with the same period in 2015.

The new work team will strengthen the competitiveness of the pig sector and will monitor that the imports fulfil the same requirements imposed on the national producers.

President Putin wants to extend Russia's ban on Western food imports as long as possible in order to help local producers.

During the third trimester of 2016, the food and agriculture sector has made exports for some USD22,000 million.

The final step remaining in the process will be a visit to Canada by Argentinian food safety officials who will conduct an audit of Canada’s meat inspection system.

Analysing the EU export performance over the last 12 months per product category, export values increased in particular for pig meat (€+1.2 billion; +31% compared to export values in the 12-months period one year ago).

Significant gains are anticipated for the EU dairy and pig meat sectors, two sectors which have struggled in recent years and which are now showing signs of recovery.

This agreement will allow to speed up the inspection, certification and validation processes of goods between both countries, with the resulting benefit for the Chilean agricultural and livestock export sector.

EU producers will receive an increased budget of €133 million in 2017 to promote EU agricultural products outside and inside the EU and to continue finding new markets.

For January through September, export volume was 5 percent above last year’s pace at 1.66 million mt.