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On October 1, 2011, there were an estimated 12.0 million hogs held on Canadian farms, an increase of 0.9% relative to the same date a year earlier.

Pork exports increased by 3.1% in the period between January and August of 2011.

The total number of pigs in the UK remained unchanged in 2011 at 4.5 million.

Russia’s swine inventory will likely grow about 2.7 percent to 17.545 million head at the end of December 2012 from 17.2 million head at the end of December 2011, supported by lower feed prices in the second half of the year and increased state support.

In 2010 there were just over 12 million agricultural holdings and an utilised agricultural area (UAA) of 170 million hectares in the EU27.

United States and Canadian inventory of all hogs and pigs for June 2011 was 76.9 million head. This was up 1 percent from June 2010, but down 3 percent from June 2009.

During the first semester of this year the number of pigs slaughtered in Spain has increased by 1.84% compared to the same period last year.

In May of 2011, the production of pork in France decreased by 1%. In June of 2011 the downward trend in slaughters continued, with a decrease of 1.8%.

The latest data published by the Spanish National Statistics Institute regarding the agricultural census carried out in 2009 shows that the number of farms decreased by 23,2% between the years 1999 and 2009.

The latest data published by the Spanish Minister of Agriculture’s statistics service indicate that throughout the month of April the number of animals slaughtered decreased by 6.7% compared to the same month last year. However, thanks to the increases observed during the first three months of the year, slaughters in the first quarter have increased by 1.14% with respect to the year before, with 13,565,163 animals slaughtered compared with the 13,412,688 animals slaughtered between January and April of 2010.

As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), some 26.7 million pigs were kept in Germany on the reference day 3 May 2011.

The latest data published by the Danish Statistics Service on the swine census during the second trimester of this year show a 2,25% decrease in the total number of swine with respect to the same period last year (11.932.000 animals as opposed to 12.208.000).

According to the latest data on the swine census published by the Ukrainian Statistics Institute, as on April 1st, 2011, the census was at 8,000,600 animals.

During the first quarter of 2011, total meat production declined by 0.9%, while the producer value went up by 1.9% when compared to the corresponding quarter last year.

According to the German Federal Statistics Office, in 2010 a total of 58.350.000 pigs were slaughtered, which represents an increase of 3,6% compared to last year. The number of pigs imported, mainly from the Netherlands and Denmark, rose to 5,2 million with 9% of the total slaughtered. The capacity for production increased to 5,4 million tons, rising by 3,8% with respect to the year before.

According to the latest data on the swine census published by the Danish Agriculture and Food Council, during the first trimester of this year there has been a 2.3% decrease in the number of animals compared to last year. As on April 1st, 2011, the census was at 11,932.000 animals while at the same time last year the census was at 12,208,000 animals.