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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.

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.

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

Russia has obtained a veterinary certificate for the export of pork to China.

After five years, the Chinese market opens again for Belgian pork.

Mexico has granted market access to British pork offal, which could generate an estimated £18 million over the next five years.

Fueled by record performances in Mexico, Central America, and Colombia, November exports of U.S. pork reached the highest value since mid-2021, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

According to calculations by Cepea, pork consumption in 2024 could grow by 2.8% compared to last year

In the first nine months of this year, shipments to Vietnam almost doubled going from 35.7 thousand to 69.6 thousand tons.