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The European Commission has approved two German State aid schemes totaling €1 billion to improve animal welfare in livestock breeding.

The positive results for this period are due to the growth in shipments to most of the main buyers, especially the Philippines, Chile, and Japan.

The new animal welfare label "Better for animals" is awarded to products that make extra efforts for animal welfare beyond the legal requirements.

In 2023, China imported a total of 2.72 million tons of pork and offal, a 5% decrease from the previous year and half the imports from 3 years ago.

Clean pig kill in 2023 fell 10% year on year to the lowest annual clean pig kill in a decade.

This is how many pigs were sold, how much pork was produced, and how many pigs were in China in 2023.

If the weather holds, a record corn season is expected, with the potential for record third-quarter exports.

Crop production reached a value of 37.3 billion euros (+1.4%), while livestock production was estimated at 35.3 billion euros (-0.8%).

In December, the increase in production costs was influenced by the cost of animal feed, which rose by 1.61% and accounted for 74.83% of the total.

Santa Catarina was responsible for 21% of the total meat exported by Brazil in 2023, a higher percentage than in the previous year.

In its latest report "Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade" on January 12, USDA recalculated the closing figures for 2023 and its estimates for 2024, forecasting a decrease in world pork production this year, due to lower productions in China, the European Union, and Brazil.

Shipments to China totaled just 1,749 t in the January-November period.

The total volume of pigs exported in 2023 will reach 12,276 tons. Vietnam's total pork export turnover increased 28% compared to 2022.