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According to Ukrinform, in 2017, Ukraine's meat imports are expected to increase by 20%, or 30,000 tonnes.

From 2005 to 2015 the exports of agrifood products to Japan grew by 68.3%.

Pork belly inventories were at 17.8 million pounds, down 67 percent from last year, according to USDA.

Negotiated for nearly five years and four months, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada is now ready for the final vote by the European Parliament.

According to AHDB Pork, Chinese pork imports more than doubled on the year during 2016, reaching a substantial 1.6 million tonnes shipped weight and establishing the nation as the dominant global pork importer.

Exports accounted for 25.8 percent of total 2016 pork production.

One of the key elements to these results lies, in the words of Vice president of the Grupo Empresarial Ganadero Carlos Vladimir Ortiz Mursulí, in the "empowerment of genetics".

In a joint letter transmitted to the White House, NCBA and NPPC asked the president “to initiate free trade agreement negotiations with nations in the Asia-Pacific region beginning with Japan..."

Pork production reached a new record in 2016.

In 2016, pig production increased by 9.4%.

Livestock production increased by 4 percent in 2016.

The Colombian pork produced at the abattoirs Súper Cerdo Paisa and Frigocolanta (pig line) has been given the OK to be exported to Peru.

The level to which China imports pork after Chinese New Year will determine the start of the seasonal increase of the Rabobank Five-Nation Hog Price Index, according to the latest Rabobank Pork Quarterly report.

2016 was a historic year for the Spanish pig sector, with more than 2 million tonnes and €4,500 million exported.

In 2016, pork exports (including fresh and processed products) increased by 32%, confirming the good year of the Brazilian pig sector in the international market.

Spain increased its production by 164,000 tonnes with respect to the same period in 2015, exceeding the total rise in the EU (152,100 tonnes).