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With a production of 5.5 million tonnes, corresponding to 25% of the EU total, Germany was in 2013 the main producer of pig meat in the EU, followed by Spain (3.4 mn t or 16%).

Export value for both U.S. beef and pork reached new heights in 2014, posting double-digit gains over the previous year’s totals.

The list of Spanish establishments approved to export beef and/or pork products to the United States has been expanded.

The document reflects the harmonization of the terminology used for wholesale cuts of meat between Canada and the United States (U.S).

The resolution urges the Commission to follow up its 2013 report with legislative proposals to make it mandatory to state the country of origin of meat used in processed foods.

The lower tariff will be applied to the quota Japan plans to set based on the current level of pork imported from the United States.

Abreu wants Brazilian beef, chicken and pork parts that are certified by Brazil's sanitary regulators sent to China without having to be certified by the Asian country's inspectors.

Wheat, soy oil, pork among main drivers, helped by weaker euro and lower oil prices.

Slowdowns by dock workers at the ports in Long Beach, Los Angeles and Oakland, Calif., and in Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., have stranded thousands of containers of pork and other farm products over the past several months.

According to data by Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation and the farm ministry exports of fresh pork plunging 35.6 percent on-year.

Rosselkhoznadzor had decided to impose temporary restrictions on imports of pork, pig products and breeder pigs.

The meat buying decision process goes beyond product quality. The industry needs to know the factors influencing the decision in order to create strategies that foster positive attitudes from consumers.

The new figures show that, while Russia imported 542,800 tonnes of pork between January and November 2013, for the same period in 2014 this dropped by over 200,000 tonnes.

During the first 9 months of 2014, a total of 309,000 tonnes of meat were exported (with a total value of USD654 million), and 62% of them were pork.

The president of the Council recalled that "the Russian ban must be dealt with by the EU as a whole and that a differentiated treatment of Member States is unacceptable".

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