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The meat that is to be exported to Hong Kong must come from disease-free areas and from Federal Inspection Type (TIF) establishments.

Vietnam's frozen meat imports in the first 10 months of this year increased four folds.

The banning of ractopamine in Chile has strengthened the exports of pig products to markets such as China, Russia and the European Union.

In 2012, the Italian imports of Spanish cured hams and sausages grew by 16% in terms of value and by 20% in terms of volume with respect to the previous year.

With the slogan 'Enjoy, it´s from Europe', the policy aims to help the sector's professionals break into international markets.

Domestic exports of pork meat and live pigs were affected by restrictions imposed on Romania by the European Union since 2003 because of the classical swine fever evolution.

World meat production is anticipated to grow by 1.4 percent in 2013.

The Hungarian cabinet decided on November 8 to reduce the VAT on live hogs and slaughtered pigs from 27% to 5%.

Pig meat exports grow by 7 %.

In the period between January and September this year, pork imports into Hong Kong fell by 6%.

In the last 10 years production grew by 109%.

Meat placed second in terms of sales, reaching 13.96 thousand million dollars.