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The increase in the average carcass weight made pork production rise by 1,000 tonnes with respect to 2015.  

The reasons alleged are irregularities detected during the inspections, such as labelling deficiencies.

Ceta passed a crucial hurdle on 15 February when MEPs voted to back the landmark EU-Canada trade deal.

The measures proposed by the EU cause that 60% of the Romanian pigs farms cannot export live pigs to the EU.

In December 2016 UK clean pig slaughterings were 8.4% lower.

UK pigmeat exports hit a 17-year high in 2016, totalling almost 206,000 tonnes, according to AHDB Pork.

The Pig Producers' Association of Ukraine has issued a report based on data from the Ministry of Agriculture.

The Agricultural Income reached €25,687.7 million in 2016, with an increase by 6.9% with respect to 2015.

According to Ukrinform, in 2017, Ukraine's meat imports are expected to increase by 20%, or 30,000 tonnes.

From 2005 to 2015 the exports of agrifood products to Japan grew by 68.3%.

According to AHDB Pork, Chinese pork imports more than doubled on the year during 2016, reaching a substantial 1.6 million tonnes shipped weight and establishing the nation as the dominant global pork importer.

Negotiated for nearly five years and four months, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada is now ready for the final vote by the European Parliament.

The FAO Food Price Index rose notably in January, led by sugar and cereals, even as global markets remain well supplied.

In a joint letter transmitted to the White House, NCBA and NPPC asked the president “to initiate free trade agreement negotiations with nations in the Asia-Pacific region beginning with Japan..."

One of the key elements to these results lies, in the words of Vice president of the Grupo Empresarial Ganadero Carlos Vladimir Ortiz Mursulí, in the "empowerment of genetics".