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Wen is still the largest swine production company in China. The second largest, MuYuan, has undergone a rapid expansion.

Since 2015 China has been restructuring its pork sector. As a consequence, its imports peaked in mid-2016 and then declined until the end of 2017. Only in November 2017 the trend reversed and imports are expected to stabilise in 2018.

China could impose a tariff of 25% on USA soya.

The Commission published a report presenting a short-term agricultural markets' outlook. In 2018 pigmeat production is expected to rise.

Last week, a meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture and the Heads of Veterinary Services of the Member States of the European Union, as well as of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, took place in Warsaw to address the problem of African swine fever (ASF).

Canadian Agricultural Partnership: A cornerstone for the continued growth of a key economic sector.

Chile, together with other 10 countries, signed the free trade agreement, that favours national pork exports. It is expected that the exports to Japan grow by 10-15% in the next years.

The average pigs saved per litter was a record high of 10.58 for the December - February period, compared to 10.43 last year.

For each USD invested on a pig through the Pork Checkoff, there was a return on investment of USD22.50.

Spain is now one of the four main pork exporters in the world, together with Germany, the USA and Denmark, with sales that amount 1,554,981 tonnes of pork.

China plans to impose tariffs on up to products from the United States to make up for losses caused by US tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum products. For pork, a 25 percent tariff is proposed.

In 2017, livestock and fowl production amounted 14.6 million tonnes.

Other cereals (excluding rice) and pork exports experienced the biggest drop in value terms on an annual basis.

The decision of the Taiwanese authorities will send an important and positive signal also to other Asian governments to fully recognise the EU's stringent veterinary controls.

The Pig Producer’s Association of Nicaragua (Canipor) expects to grow by 8-10% in 2018.

Under an export certificate recently negotiated between the two countries, the United States now can ship pork to Paraguay.