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In accordance with preliminary figures from the German Federal Statistics Office, the volume of pork exportations was 2,52 million tons, which represents an increase of 4% compared with the year before.

According to estimations by the USDA, Chile was the sixth largest producer of pork throughout 2010. In this same period, 357 million dollars worth of pork was exported, the main destinations being Japan (41%); South Korea (28%); EU (9%) and America (13%). Currently, Chilean pork is exported to 39 different commercial destinations.

Starting in May, China can check sanitary certificate information on dairy products and pork imports from the Netherlands through the Internet; meanwhile, Dutch importers can verify electronic certificates on the inspection and quarantine of Chinese food and agricultural products, according to the Sino-Dutch memo.

Throughout the first trimester of 2011, importation of fresh and frozen pork has increased by 39,9% with respect to the same period last year, going from 73.063 tons between January and March of 2010 to 102.205 tons in the first trimester of this year.

Nicaragua was declared free of classical swine fever, which predicts a promising future for the development of the pig in the country, currently affected by limitations in its exports because of the viral disease, authorities reported.

This document reflects the views of representatives of CELCAA (UECBV), CIAA (CLITRAVI and FEFAC) and Copa-Cogeca in the context of the Enlarged Pigmeat Advisory Group. The ECVC and EEB agreed on some statements but could not endorse the entire document. The Member State’s representatives took note of the proposals presented in the document.

The recent scandal of pigs being fed with banned lean-meat producing drugs has worsened the supply shortage and pushed pig and pork prices higher, which may threaten the government's efforts to rein in inflation, experts said.

In the first two months of 2011 imports of fresh and frozen pork into the UK totalled 56,000 tonnes, representing an increase of four per cent on year earlier figures. The majority of product came from Denmark which recorded a 40 per cent increase in shipments. Imports from the Netherlands recorded an 11 per cent decline.

Japan will cull livestock and poultry in the no-entry zone within a 20-kilometer radius of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant due to difficulty in feeding them, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Thursday.

The UK producer price in the first three months of 2011 decreased which was in contrast to the EU average price which increased considerably following the dioxin crisis in January. Higher throughputs at abattoirs may have restricted price movements in the UK and the higher EU price resulted in an erosion of the premium the UK obtained over the EU average.

On April 20th, the Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, presented the plans and initiatives of the 2011 Executive Council on economic, social, and agricultural materials. In the 2011 federal budget, the Russian Government is planning on setting aside more than 150.000 Rubles (3.750 million Euros) for aiding agriculture.

The news came up in a meeting held by the Minister of Agriculture, José Antonio Galilea, on an official visit to China, and the Director of the Administration on the Supervision of Quality and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China (AQSIQ), Zhi Shuping, with whom he discussed several issues related with authorization of sending new agricultural products from Chile, to China.

Mexico is found to be among the 10 main producers of feed, worldwide. This year production is estimated at29,4 million tons, the concentration of which is mainly poultry, followed by pork, milk, and beef.

In real terms, after adjusting for inflation, Total Income from Farming per Annual Work Unit (AWU) of entrepreneurial labour is estimated to have decreased by 3.4% to £23,953 in 2010. This decline results from a reduction in Total Income from Farming (-4.3%) in real terms to £4.38 billion and a fall in the number of annual work units of entrepreneurial labour (-1.0%).

South Korea has once again expanded its tariff rate quota for pigmeat imports as it looks to curb food price inflation following outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and avian flu.

Throughout 2010 France has been confirmed as the third largest pork exporter in the EU, after Germany and Denmark. With a total volume of 730.000 tons, the French exportations have increased by 1,7%. Other EU countries continue to be the main destination with a volume of 561.000 tons (- 2,7%) while exportation to third party countries, although fewer (170.000 tons), showed an important rise (+20%).