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The value of EU agri-food exports has resumed the positive trend (+13%), as monthly exports in September exceeded imports by €2 billion.

MPs voted the creation of a special tax for companies processing meat products exceeding €250 M in order to provide relief funds for farmers in crisis.

The scheme will open for applications January 4.

The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the creation of a joint venture by Danish Crown of Denmark and Westfleisch of Germany.

The quantity of pork produced amounted to 1.3 million tonnes and was thus down by a mere 0.2% year on year.

Some 55% of the Chilean production is exported.

Following a strong recovery in 2014 and 2015, pigmeat production is expected to expand by less than 2 % by 2025 as compared with 2015.

There are now 28 processing and cooling plants authorized to export pork to China, 22 American ones and 6 Canadian ones.

Three are beef, two pork and two chicken plants.  

The Russian government decided to impose an embargo on the import of food products from Ukraine from next January 1.

While area used for agriculture remained stable, over 1 out of 4 farms disappeared between 2003 and 2013 in the EU, according to information published by Eurostat.

25,000 pigs offered for sale under a difficult market context: delays in shipments to slaughter, higher carcass weights. The batches were sold between €1,043 and €1,088.

During the first 9 months of 2015, the UE has exported a total of 2,247,587 tonnes of pork. This entails an increase by 5.8%.

The Code establishes the principles that will guide the commercial relationships and practices.

The health situation in relation to FMD in the countries of North Africa puts Spain, in the first instance, and the European Union straight after, in a position of imminent risk of disease transmission.