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Some member states noted that considering the high level of EU standards for animal welfare, reciprocity should be requested from third countries exporting to the EU.

No tariffs will be imposed on imports of carcasses or half carcasses, hams, shoulders and on-the-bone cuts.

The goal is to strengthen market opportunities, and facilitate and encourage the cooperation, investment and trade of food and agriculture products.

To avoid the entrance of the disease in Chile from Peru (affected country), the SAG is implementing several measures.

Ms. Isabel García Tejerina presented the Annual Directory “Food Production in Spain in 2014”, produced by MERCASA with the data of 2013.

Regarding the most exported products, pork products still lead the ranking, with sales exceeding €3,000 million.

Based on feedback from stakeholders, the United States and Canada earlier this year agreed to harmonize the terminology used for wholesale meat cuts.

Plans to prolong a largely duty-free access to the EU market for Ukraine’s exports until the end of 2015 were backed by the European Parliament on Thursday.

For meat products, there is a possibility to export pork to Russia as well.

The plants’ capabilities of complying with CU and RF veterinary and sanitary requirements and standards applied to pork production will be assessed.

An agreement was achieved on the coming visit of the Rosselkhoznadzor delegation with the purpose to survey pork exports to Russia from two meat processing plants of the Heilongjiang County.

Due to African swine fever occurrence in the territory of Estonia temporary restrictions on import of porcine products and live pigs have been imposed since September 11, 2014.

The European Commission has opened a new section on its website to inform about relevant news on the EU measures resulting from the Russian import ban.

Under this proposed rule, such pork and pork products would have to be derived from swine raised on farms meeting stringent sanitary and biosecurity requirements.

After a period of four days when the country's borders were closed to Lithuanian pork products, the Veterinary and Food Board lifted the ban.

Among the most important ones we find pig meat, veal and dairy products.