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During year 2013, pig meat exports rose by 0.9% with respect to the previous year, reaching 3,099,894 tonnes.

In order to ensure stable and safe supplies of the Brazilian pork into the Russian market the parties agreed that there are good reasons for signing a framework bilateral agreement regulating the procedure for pork production and processing.

In 2013 the pigmeat production decreased to 234 273 tonnes (−2.3%). Agricultural producer prices of pigs for slaughter grew by 2.6%.

Russia has stopped imports of pork from EU countries following an outbreak of African swine fever virus in Lithuania.

Rosselkhoznadzor informs about the imposition of temporary restrictions on the import of porcine products from the Lugansk Oblast, Ukraine, from January 17, 2014.

The European pig meat exportations have remained stable during the first nine months of year 2013, with a slight growth by 0.3%.

The exports of Chilean pig meat increased by 4%, in terms of amount, in year 2013 with respect to the previous year.

The slaughterings of pigs have dropped by 1.7% (and by 1.1% regarding weight) with respect to the same period during the previous year.

Vietnam's frozen meat imports in the first 10 months of this year increased four folds.

In the period between January and September this year, pork imports into Hong Kong fell by 6%.

Brazil exported 81,565 tonnes of pig meat in 1998, whilst in 2012 it exported 581,477 tonnes - an increase by more than 600%.

Vietnam’s imports of animal feed and raw material for animal feed production are estimated to touch USD 2.73 billion in the first 10 months of this year.

A lot of attention was paid to a possibility to expand imports of Russian poultry and pork products to Vietnam.

The Rosselkhoznadzor considered feasible to lift temporary restrictions imposed on pig and pork product movements from several pig farms and meat processing plants of the Minsk Oblast.

Canada will acquire a quota volume equivalent to over 80 thousand tonnes of pork cuts.