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This accession is particularly important for the EU, as the EU is Russia's first trading partner and Russia is the EU's third trading partner. For the first time both entities will be bound by multilateral rules and obligations for their mutual trade.

Between January and May 2012 exports of pork from the European Union amounted to a total of 1,285,605 tons.

Despite a decline in pig population by 1.7% (-3.2% for sows), the EU pig meat production is expected to remain stable in 2012 and then to decline by 2% the following year.

Inventory of frozen pork is down about 18.8% from last year.

WTO confirmed that the United States Country-of-Origin Labelling (COOL) measure discriminates against Canadian livestock and is inconsistent with the WTO trade obligations of the United States.

The study found that the economic development associated with hog production and exporting pork contributes $9.28 billion to the Canadian economy.

The measures proposed by the European Commission for resolving of the situation are not appropriate, that’s why the renewal of trade in live pigs is not possible now.

Exports of pork from January-April increased by 6.6%.

Imports of pork were down four per cent for January to March compared with the same period of 2011.

Priority sectors for cooperation may include: food security, international cooperation, environmental-friendly agriculture, organic farming, and food safety.

European pork exports follow last year’s trend with an increase of 9.1% during the first quarter.

In the intermediate term, it is possible to expect the competitiveness of Brazilian pork and raw sugar supply to further strengthen.

Driven exclusively by gains in poultry and pigmeat production, global meat output is set to expand by nearly 2 percent to 302 million tonnes in 2012.

MPI welcomed a judgement by the High Court validating the decision-making process MPI followed when developing import requirements for pork from countries where the disease PRRS is present.

The total pigmeat production decreased by 9.2% y-o-y to 60 018 tonnes.

Due to identification during the quarantine in Russia of brucellosis positive breeding pigs imported from Germany and Czechia, since April 27, 2012 the Rosselkhoznadzor has imposed temporary restrictions on importation of such animal category from these countries.