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Uruguay —who will take over the presidency of Mercosur in December— has already shown interest in the creation of a working group initiate discussions on the subject.

The negotiations beteween pig producers and abattoirs will resume next Thursday 26 November, with new rules of the game.

20,000 tons of meat of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen and 20,000 tons of meat of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen, excluding hams, loins and boneless cuts will benefit from a zero tariff.

In the first semester of 2015 the exports of pork and pig offal and fat exceeded 733,000 tonnes, a record figure that implied a rise by 13% with respect to the same period in 2014.

The newly issued accreditations bring the TIF infrastructure available in the country up to a total of 431 such premises, thus expanding its industrial capacity.

The new aid scheme will benefit from a 20 percent increase in storage rates and will include fresh lard.

According to FAS-USDA, domestic production in Hong Kong is expected to be stable, rising slightly to 140,000 MT (1,727,000 head) and 142,000 MT (1,732,000 head) in 2015 and 2016, respectively.

Dashboards are online for five different sectors: dairy, beef, cereals, pig meat and poultry.

The new system would replace the existing investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism in TTIP and in all ongoing and future EU trade and investment negotiations.

In the 12 months period September 2014 to August 2015, EU agri-food exports to third countries attained the amount of almost EUR 128 billion, meaning an increase by 6.3% in value compared to the same period one year ago.

The total pig census as of June 2015 has dropped by 0.7% with respect to the same period in 2014.

Worth €108 million, these programmes will contribute to opening new markets for EU products and to increasing consumption within the EU.

It is expected that the cereal and oilseed demand in China will increase from 600 million tonnes in 2014 to 700 million tonnes in 2020.

This is the lowest level of imports for September in over a decade.

European Union fresh pigmeat exports to New Zealand will be able to resume soon.

As published by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture's foreign affairs newsletter, pork consumption is increasing in Central America.