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Imports of animal feed and raw materials increased by 2.2% year-on-year in the first seven months of 2024.

After 40 years, Sardinia has been recognised as free from African swine fever.

Swine production is expected to decline in 2025 due to weak demand and a smaller inventory of hogs for slaughter.

The tariff exclusion process introduced by the State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) in March 2020 remains in effect.

The swine inventory in 2025 is expected to grow due to a recovery in the number of sows. Animal health and management techniques could improve the number of pigs per sow per year.

Higher slaughter numbers and carcase weights have helped production in key producing countries, according to AHDB.

Australian pork production is expected to continue to increase in 2025. Despite stable projections for pork imports and exports in 2025, the U.S. has reestablished itself as Australia’s primary source of pork imports.

The number of breeding and replacement sows in the technified production sector increased, according to the latest ICA data.

In total, 2,483199 head were slaughtered and approved for consumption in the first half of 2024, 0.15% more than in 2023.

Pork exports grew 4% in June 2024, but are down 3.5% year-to-date.

Since the beginning of this year, 192.8 tons of pork from Russia's Tomsk region have been exported to Vietnam.

Spanish agri-food and fisheries exports increased by 3% in 2023 and exceeded 70,000 million euros for the first time.