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Australian pork production is expected to continue to increase in 2025. Despite stable projections for pork imports and exports in 2025, the U.S. has reestablished itself as Australia’s primary source of pork imports.

The number of breeding and replacement sows in the technified production sector increased, according to the latest ICA data.

In total, 2,483199 head were slaughtered and approved for consumption in the first half of 2024, 0.15% more than in 2023.

Pork exports grew 4% in June 2024, but are down 3.5% year-to-date.

Since the beginning of this year, 192.8 tons of pork from Russia's Tomsk region have been exported to Vietnam.

Spanish agri-food and fisheries exports increased by 3% in 2023 and exceeded 70,000 million euros for the first time.

Pork production in the first seven months of the year grew 2.3% compared to the same period in 2023.

Pork exports were well above year-ago levels in July, led by a value record for shipments to Mexico.

Argentina regains ground in the global soybean meal market, overcoming the effects of the 2023 drought. Consolidation of the sector is essential to maintain global competitiveness.

The import of pigs for slaughter decreased by 4.1% in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023.

In the first half of the year pig slaughter decreased by 0.83%.

Planting intentions for the new season continue to fall, discouraging early grain marketing. Futures prices are rebalancing on expectations of a higher proportion of early corn.

EU farmers will receive higher CAP advances to ease liquidity issues, up to 70% for direct payments and 85% for rural interventions.

In the first half of this year, Chinese pork and offal imports decreased by 28%.

On Wednesday, the Federal Cabinet passed an amendment to the Building Code with the law to strengthen integrated urban development.

The African swine fever situation is expected to improve in the second half of 2025.