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Both parties’ interest to encourage the trade of agriculture and livestock products, pork being among them, stands out.

The total number of pigs in England has in creased by 2.8 % since December 2016.

During the meeting, the parties discussed technical issues on access of Russian livestock products, such as beef, pork and poultry meat to the Thai market.

Commission proposes to increase de minimis aid to farmers to €25,000.

Pigs represent the largest livestock category in the EU.

In 2017, both the number of slaughtered animals and their weight at slaughter dropped.

The imports of fresh and refrigerated pork grew by 3.2%.

The final figures regarding the European pork exports show a decrease by 8.1% with respect to 2016.

The significant percent increase in the value of the exports of frozen pork stand out.

With just over 60% of respondents indicating that the common agricultural policy benefits all citizens, more than nine in ten (92%) think that agriculture and rural areas are important for the future.

The foreign sales of meat and meat products went from 242,000 tonnes in 2014 to more than 342,000 tonnes.

In 2018, record pork exports are expected, mainly based on the consumption patterns in Asia.

The value of EU agri-food exports reached €137.9 billion in 2017, corresponding to a sustained increase by 5.1% in value terms compared to 2016.

Taiwan exported pigs since an outbreak of FMD in 2008.