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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.

Exports of pork from Brazil increased by 6.93% in volume in March compared with March 2011, and 3.02% in value.

China delivered a list of five Mexican companies which are allowed to export pork to Chinese market.

Last year imports of pork from Russia increased by 2.5% to around 657,000 tons.

Japan exports mostly cars, machinery and other industrial products to Canada, while Canada mainly sells Japan natural resources and farm products, such as soybeans and pork.