Page 36 of articles about imports in Swine news

In Q1 2013 the meat production amounted to 108 651 tonnes, i.e. by 2.8% less, year-on-year. Production of all main categories was lower, y-o-y: beef (−3.5%), pigmeat (−3.1%), and poultrymeat (−1.9%).

The Board of EEC took a decision to exclude fresh, chilled or refrigerated pork, poultry meat and edible byproducts from the List of goods originated and imported from developing and least developed nations.

Total pig numbers are now forecast to finish the year at 2.25 million head.

Russia reduces the list of Canadian suppliers to 14 pork processing plants, 3 beef processing plants and one plant producing both beef and pork products.

The department will impede the importation into Belarus of live pigs, pork and processed products, among others, coming from Northern Ossetia and Krasnodar.

If Spain does not carry out the necessary measures, the Rosselkhoznadzor will implement temporary restrictions to the importation of Spanish animal derived products as of April 12th.

Officially, last week the first shipment of pork left from Jalisco to Japan: a total amount of 20 tons of pig meat.

Ukraine from March 20, 2013 introduced a temporary ban on imports of pork from Brazil due to systemic establishment of a lack of correspondence of safety indicators of pork.

Rosselkhoznadzor considered it necessary to impose temporary restrictions on import of chilled beef, pork and poultry meat from the Netherlands to Russia from the 29th of March.

Pork exports for the year as a whole were up seven per cent, with most of the growth in the second half of the year, after the Chinese market was opened.

Hams will be liberalised after 5 years. Exports of wines & spirits, pork products and olive oil will also benefit from preferential access.

In December 2012, swine inventories totaled to 11.1 million head, a 15 percent drop in comparison to the same period of previous year.

Pork exports set both volume and value records last year, reaching 2.26 million mt – up a fraction from the record set in 2011 – valued at $6.3 billion, a 3.5 percent increase over the prior year’s record.

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announced that effective March 1, swine entering Wisconsin must be accompanied by an import permit.

The year 2012 was characterised by a decline in beef and pigmeat production (−8.9% and −8.8%, respectively).

A measure authorising the import of live US pigs into the EU for breeding and production was adopted by the European Commission.