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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.

The total pig meat exports in 2012 were 3,130,291 tons, which means a drop by 1.9% with respect to year 2011.

During last year (2012), the pig meat exports reached a record value of US$ 538 million.

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).

Russia is the destination of approximately a 7% of the Spanish pig meat exports.

During the first nine months of year 2012, the Dutch exports of fresh and frozen pig meat have fallen by 16.5%.

Pork exports in the first 10 months of 2012 were 5% higher on the year at 127,100 tonnes.

If Canada were to establish a disease control and eradication zone anywhere in Canada, the USDA would continue to allow imports of live animals, animal products and by-products from disease-free areas of Canada.

In 2012 the Brazilian pig meat exports amounted 581,477 tons and a value of $ 1.49 billion.

A new market is opening up for high value British pork following the agreement of health certificates with Australia.