EU holds a large share of Chinese imports
The Chinese pork import market strengthened in the first half of the year, with volumes up by 9% compared with the same period a year earlier.
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Portugal: authorisation to export to Japan
At the end of the negotiations with Japan, this country gave its approval to the export of pig meat products.
Romania will set aside €10 billion for investments in agriculture
The procedure for the presentation and the evaluation of the projects will be simplified, with a maximum of 3 months between the approval and the signing of the contract.
Paraguay: the pig meat exports generate an historical income
Between January and May 2014 the exports of pig meat reached a value of US$2.8 million, and this represents a growth by 73% with respect to the same period in 2013.
Argentina-Russia: possible increase of Argentine exports of pork to Russia
There is a distinct possibility of pork export increase due to cessation of pork export from the EU to Russia because of ASF outbreak.
Belarus: scarcity of pig meat and rise in the prices
The government of Belarus has confirmed that the country faces a shortage of pig meat due to the African swine fever.
Commission publishes cereals farm report on developments for 2004-2011
Estimates for 2012 showed a further improvement in the profitability of cereal crops.
European Commission to tackle unfair practices in the food supply chain
The EC has adopted a communication encouraging Member States to look for ways to improve protection of small food producers and retailers against the unfair practices of their sometimes much stronger trading partners.
Moldova accepts EU veterinary certificates
The EU welcomes the recent decision by Moldova to accept imports accompanied by a veterinary certificate based on a template specified in the EU legislation.
Ireland: 2013 was another difficult year for the pig sector
During 2013, approximately 2.83 million pigs were slaughtered in Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine export-approved plants. This equates to a decline of almost 2.5% compared to 2012.
Russia: pig production increase
The production in terms of the volume of pigs to be slaughtered on large farms rose by 17.2% (+ 95.2 tonnes) and reached 649,000 tonnes.
Germany: data of the foreign meat trade
With respect to the meat exports, 72% of them were of pig meat.
Canada: successful Agriculture Mission to China
Once in place, the market access gains for beef, cattle, swine, timothy hay, blueberries and cherries that were secured during this trade mission are estimated by industry to be potentially worth more than $400 million annually.
EU and Vietnam make good progress on FTA talks
The teams made significant progress on the basic negotiations on trade and sustainable development; trade in goods; animal and plant health and hygiene...
United Kingdom: BPEX launches Standard Pig Price
The GB SPP is calculated using the same basic specification as the current DAPP except that it covers standard pigs only.
June: the producer's margin improves adequately
The low supply sets the pace of the price of pigs, but there are many more factors at stake: multiproduct commercial flow from Denmark to US; Russia has just presented a proposal for the opening of exports from some countries of the EU, etc.