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The U.S. pork industry is expected to ship 1.4 billion pounds of pork products to foreign destinations in the fourth quarter of this year, an increase of more than 22 percent over the same period in 2010.

According to information from the Management Committee of the Organization of Agricultural Markets, exports of pork have increased by 21.1%.

Beef accounted for 51.4 percent of sales of Korean meat until November, followed by pork (34.8 percent) and chicken (13.8 percent).

Meat consumption is projected to rise nearly 73 percent by 2050; dairy consumption will grow 58 percent over current levels.

The derogation granted to Italy to authorise the dispatch of pig meat from Sardinia to areas outside Sardinia, is suspended.

Pork production totaled 2.03 billion pounds, up 2 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 9.91 million head, up 2 percent from October 2010.

Pork production should be up 1 percent in 2011 and prices for hog feeders are forecast to increase 17 percent.

A new pilot program to conduct inspections in plants in-country will help facilitate trade between the U.S. and Canada and prevent delays at the border.

The Philippines may begin pork shipments to Malaysia by early next year if a triple A slaughterhouse facility in Cavite gets the approval from Malaysian regulators to export such products there, Agriculture officials said.

In 2011 there was a 4.9% increase in pig production compared to 2010.

This is the first time that Romania is authorised after its accession because of the classical swine fever situation that has however largely improved in the last years.

Up to 143,400 metric tons (MT) of pork and chicken entered the Philippine market since September 2011.

Under this agreement 73% of Chilean exports will enter Vietnam duty-free, while the rest of the products will begin to benefit under two tranches in year 3 and year 15.

South Korea reported a more than two- fold growth in pork imports as of early November this year compared to the same period last year.

Exports of pork from the EU show a cumulate between January and September of 2,373,957 tons, an increase of 22%.

The National Assembly ratified the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement on Tuesday.