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Major suppliers of pork meat to India are Belgium, Sri Lanka, Spain, Italy, and Netherland.

The sectors which have shown the greatest gains over the 12-month period are pigmeat (+ €986 million), wine (+ €511 million) and live animals (+ €502 million).

This Declaration comes 20 years after the original Cork Declaration of 1996 that established the basis for the EU's rural development policy.

In the last 10 years, the total UE pork exports (except offal) to third countries have increased, going from 1,410,000 tonnes in 2006 to 2,108,000 tones in 2015.

On August 19th, a World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel declared illegal the Russian import ban imposed in early 2014 on live pigs, fresh pork and other pig products from the EU in the light of international trade rules.

Last year's main destination for pork exports was South Korea, with 27% of total exports, followed by Japan (22%) and China in the third place. However...

During the meeting, the Minister reported on the Ministry's actions for supporting the national pig herd production.

In 2015 Spain exported 53,506 tonnes of cured sausages: an important increase by 22%.

The start of the exports of pork to China marks a milestone in the Mexican pig industry.

During 2015, Spain exported pork amounting €4,087.19 million, France being the main destination followed by Portugal, Italy and China.

The ABPA foresees a decrease in the foretold growth for the Brazilian pig production. The current forecasts show a production of 3.64 million tonnes, the same volume as in 2015.  

Pigmeat production will also grow after 2016, driven by China, where herd size is expected to stabilise after years of substantial reductions (a drop of 25 million pigs between 2012 and 2015).

According to AHDB Pork, export volumes of fresh/frozen pork from the Netherlands were down in the first quarter of 2016, by 8%, to 185 thousand tonnes.

As a result, global cereal stocks by the end of farming season in 2017 are expected to stand at 635 million tonnes, 1.5 percent below their opening level.

China will provide 50%, or 7 Mt, of the additional output, although the overall volume is significantly lower relative to the years of persistent oversupply over the past decade.

International food commodity prices shot up 4.2 percent in June, their steepest monthly increase of the past four years.