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China raised import duties on a $3 billion list of U.S. pork, fruit and other products.

A fence along Poland’s eastern border to stop wild boar from migrating and spreading African swine fever is to be set up.

An Aujeszky’s disease outbreak has been confirmed on a farm in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department.

A two-year project that will assess veterinary health management and veterinary drug use in Vietnamese pig farms has been launched.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food intends to implement a more ambitious animal welfare policy. Some of the measures are already included in the bill that will be discussed in the Parliament.

For each USD invested on a pig through the Pork Checkoff, there was a return on investment of USD22.50.

The Ratification Agreement for the Implementation of the Health Intelligence State Unit (UEIS) of Jalisco has been signed, joining the 16 existing UEISs.

SECD is now well understood by the veterinary community and producers, and tools exist to effectively respond to it.

Many Danes know the animal welfare labelling of pork products. This greater knowledge can help to encourage animal welfare.

Spain is now one of the four main pork exporters in the world, together with Germany, the USA and Denmark, with sales that amount 1,554,981 tonnes of pork.

China plans to impose tariffs on up to products from the United States to make up for losses caused by US tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum products. For pork, a 25 percent tariff is proposed.

In 2017, livestock and fowl production amounted 14.6 million tonnes.

The government and the Danish Popular Party have signed an agreement on a series of initiatives to avoid ASF from entering Denmark.

Exports are, one year on, the driving force of the sector, with an increase by 8.36% with respect to 2016

Pork consumption grew by 9.6% in 2017, reaching 14.1 kg per capita.

Other cereals (excluding rice) and pork exports experienced the biggest drop in value terms on an annual basis.