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During the first trimester of 2018, Brazilian pork exports have dropped both in terms of volume and value.

In January 2018, pig production grew by 4.1% in comparison with January 2017.

SENASICA trained personnel from municipal slaughterhouses on Animal Welfare and Good Husbandry Practices.

Government of Argentina has finalized technical requirements that will allow U.S. pork to be imported into Argentina for the first time since 1992.

The Commission is targeting the most damaging unfair trade practices to grant farmers and small and medium sized businesses greater certainty and less need to manage risks over which they have little or no control.

According to USDA, swine production will shift from Southern China and the Yangtze River Region towards North China, Northeast China, and Southwest China.

Wen is still the largest swine production company in China. The second largest, MuYuan, has undergone a rapid expansion.

Since 2015 China has been restructuring its pork sector. As a consequence, its imports peaked in mid-2016 and then declined until the end of 2017. Only in November 2017 the trend reversed and imports are expected to stabilise in 2018.

The Commission published a report presenting a short-term agricultural markets' outlook. In 2018 pigmeat production is expected to rise.

China could impose a tariff of 25% on USA soya.

Canadian Agricultural Partnership: A cornerstone for the continued growth of a key economic sector.

Last week, a meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture and the Heads of Veterinary Services of the Member States of the European Union, as well as of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, took place in Warsaw to address the problem of African swine fever (ASF).

Chile, together with other 10 countries, signed the free trade agreement, that favours national pork exports. It is expected that the exports to Japan grow by 10-15% in the next years.

The average pigs saved per litter was a record high of 10.58 for the December - February period, compared to 10.43 last year.