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The European Commission and the European Investment Bank Group are preparing a joint financial instrument to combine rural development funding with the European Fund for Strategic Investments.

Danish Crown’s management presented a new strategy which includes an extremely ambitious objective. The settlement price paid to Danish pig producers is to be raised by a further DKK 0.60 compared to an EU index for settlement prices which Danish Crown has exceeded by more than DKK 0.20 in the past year.

During the third trimester of 2016, the food and agriculture sector has made exports for some USD22,000 million.

Production of pork in 2016 is expected to decrease by 6 percent as a result of the lower swine inventories.

Record-high stock levels are set to keep worldwide food prices low during 2017 even as inflation starts to rise in many developed economies, according to a major report from Rabobank.

The Commission will consider the report's recommendations and an appropriate policy response in line with its continuous support to the agricultural sector.

Analysing the EU export performance over the last 12 months per product category, export values increased in particular for pig meat (€+1.2 billion; +31% compared to export values in the 12-months period one year ago).

Significant gains are anticipated for the EU dairy and pig meat sectors, two sectors which have struggled in recent years and which are now showing signs of recovery.

This agreement will allow to speed up the inspection, certification and validation processes of goods between both countries, with the resulting benefit for the Chilean agricultural and livestock export sector.

EU producers will receive an increased budget of €133 million in 2017 to promote EU agricultural products outside and inside the EU and to continue finding new markets.

The supply chain should be made more transparent, and the EU budget more flexible, so that funds can be deployed faster to tackle crises, add MEPs.

For January through September, export volume was 5 percent above last year’s pace at 1.66 million mt.

The rise in import volumes has slowed as the year progressed. Volumes for Q2 and Q3 were up only 6%, compared to the 20% increase in shipments seen at the start of the year.

Vietnamese consumer preferences for poultry and pork cuts are frequently different from those in Europe.

The Asian and South American markets are the most important destinations for the Brazilian fresh pork.