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The Index, which measures the monthly change in the international prices of a basket of food commodities, averaged 213 points, up 12 points from June.

The government of China will again purchase frozen pork to stabilize the market, as high hog production has led to falling prices, the country's price regulator revealed.

The rule requires packers to submit the price of each sale, quantity, and other characteristics (e.g., type of sale, item description, destination) that AMS will use to produce market reports that will be disseminated to the public.

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

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.

Average farm-gate prices of pork had fallen to 14.60 yuan (US$2.30) per kilogram the week before last, a level below the 6:1 ratio of pork-to-grain prices it seeks to maintain as a minimum.

The aim of this report is to improve understanding by setting out the latest progress towards implementation and enforcement of the regulations and by developing scenarios for the market situation both before and after implementation.

As regards exports, 2011 was an exceptional year. For the first time in its history, the EU exported more than 3 billion t of pig meat.

The number of pig farms will halve over the next ten years, the pig population will shrink and increases in scale will continue. Affordable solutions with regard to manure disposal must be implemented before 2015.

Prices increased for milk (9.2%), poultry (8.5%), cattle (8%), equines (7.2%), sheep and goats (5.2%) and pigs (4.4%) but decreased for eggs (-4.7%).

Prices of pig meat gained 3.4 percent.

EU production is expected to decline (-1%) due to poor profitability in past years and the need for investments.

Aggregate farm cash receipts for livestock are forecast to be a record $20.6 billion, which is a 9% increase over 2010 and is 12% higher than the 2006-2010 average.

China’s potential to affect the world pork market derives from the size and volatility of its domestic pork market.

European finished pig prices remained at a high level through the second half of 2011.