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The Russian Federation filed a notice of appeal on 23 September in the case brought by the European Union “Russian Federation – Measures on the Importation of Live Pigs, Pork and Other Pig Products from the European Union”.

Between January and June of this year, a total of 129.34 million pigs have been slaughtered in the UE28 (+2%).

According to FAS-USDA report, during the past twelve months, carcass and piglet prices have gone from record lows during December 2015-April 2016 back to the five-year average.

Union aid of a total amount of EUR 350 000 000 shall be available to Member States to provide exceptional adjustment aid to milk producers and/or to farmers in the beef and veal, pigmeat and sheepmeat and goatmeat sectors.

The Romanian pig producers have asked, repeatedly, for the live pigs trade authorisation to the EU, because Romania has been free from CSF for more than 8 years.

During the first semester of 2016, pig slaughterings have increased by 3.3%, and the trade of live pigs and pork by 16.1%.

During the first half of 2016, the European pork exports have reached 2,087,860 tonnes, and this entails an increase by 43.8%

CME will concurrently incorporate negotiated formula purchases into the final settlement calculation methodology for all listed months of the Contract and commencing with the October 2016 contract month and beyond.

Regarding pork, the production during this semester has increased by 7.17% with respect to the same period in 2015 (1,951,899 tonnes).

The meat production estimates show that the highest growth rates will be for chicken (+3.0% annually) and for pork (+2.9% annually).

FAO's trade-weighted index-tracking international market prices for five major food commodity groups, reversed its July drop and rose in August to its highest level in 15 months.

The Danish pig census as of July 1st was 12.3 million heads: this entails a decrease by 2.6% with respect to the same period in 2015.

Ukraine has exported a total of 1,340 tonnes of fresh ad frozen pork: 11 times less than the volume exported during the same period in 2015.

This Declaration comes 20 years after the original Cork Declaration of 1996 that established the basis for the EU's rural development policy.

The sectors which have shown the greatest gains over the 12-month period are pigmeat (+ €986 million), wine (+ €511 million) and live animals (+ €502 million).