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For 2012, the MAV quota for pork imports stands at 54,210 tonnes.

Two years ago Ukraine imported 30% of pork, nowadays it imports only 5%.

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According to the Resolution, the TRQ for pork is set at at 400,000 MT.

Meat imports into Vietnam jumped 30% to 107,000 tonnes in 2011, reflecting that blue ear disease (PRRS) and cross border trade of live pigs during the year resulted in a sharp drop in the country's meat supplies.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recognized Brazilian sanitary inspectors as capable of approving slaughterhouses in southern Santa Catarina state to export raw pork meat to the U.S..

The self-sufficiency ratio of the meat stood at 60.3 percent at the end of last year, down 20.6 percentage points from a year earlier.

The proposed changes will clarify the information requested from the foreign nations to allow for a more expeditious evaluation process.

China will import an estimated 1.4 million tons of pig meat in 2012, according to the latest Rabobank report, up from a projected 1.1 million tons in 2011.

Last year, Polish imports of Danish weaners increased from a few thousand to more than 800,000. Poland now accounts for nearly 10 percent of Danish weaner exports.

The U.S. pork industry is expected to ship 1.4 billion pounds of pork products to foreign destinations in the fourth quarter of this year, an increase of more than 22 percent over the same period in 2010.

This is the first time that Romania is authorised after its accession because of the classical swine fever situation that has however largely improved in the last years.

Under this agreement 73% of Chilean exports will enter Vietnam duty-free, while the rest of the products will begin to benefit under two tranches in year 3 and year 15.

South Korea reported a more than two- fold growth in pork imports as of early November this year compared to the same period last year.

Exports of pork from the EU show a cumulate between January and September of 2,373,957 tons, an increase of 22%.

The National Assembly ratified the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement on Tuesday.