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Pork imports have been up this year due to better demand from consumers while imports of live hogs are down so far.

See the global pork production and trade forecasts for 2021 from the USDA's world markets and trade report.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, this year will see positive trends and production will exceed 5.5 million tons.

Pig meat was among the EU agrifood products that saw good performance in export value to China.

The government recognizes the Belgian pig industry as a sector in crisis until April of next year.

Month by month, EU pork exports to China are decreasing, with the cumulative total as of July already below 2020 levels.

The U.S. hog inventory is down from September 2020 but up slightly from June of this year.

To reduce confusion with trading partners over the trichinae-free status of U.S. pork products, the program will be eliminated in October.

China has lowered its sow herd inventory target in an effort to control supply and stabilize prices.

The signing of the decree was a moment highly anticipated by the whole swine industry after three years of work.

If current stocks of the gas run out, some slaughterhouses will have to stop taking animals and close production lines.

Pig slaughter numbers reached the highest in 24 years.

Over 60% of Canada’s production that was previously eligible for export to China is currently suspended.

Now that slaughterhouses are recovering from backlogs due to COVID-19, what will next year have in store for Canada's swine industry?