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Australia has been a target market for the Irish pigmeat industry for many years and Minister Coveney said that he was delighted that the industry now had an opportunity to export to this important market.

The number of slaughtered pigs fell by 2,837 heads, in spite of a marginal increase of 0.9 per cent in the average carcass weight.

The Commission is publishing today its short-term market outlook for arable crop, meat and dairy markets in the EU. The EU pig meat production is expected to decline in 2013 (-2%).

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a proposed rule to modify the labeling provisions for muscle cut commodities covered under the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) program.

The swine sector ended year 2012 with a growth in production by around 12% with respect to year 2011.

Pork exports for the year as a whole were up seven per cent, with most of the growth in the second half of the year, after the Chinese market was opened.

Hams will be liberalised after 5 years. Exports of wines & spirits, pork products and olive oil will also benefit from preferential access.

The slaughter of pigs increased by 1.55% with respect to the previous year, with a total of 42,391,369 animals slaughtered vs. the 41,743,363 pigs slaughtered in 2011.

During last year the Chileans consumed a total of 87.2 kg of meat per capita.

The total pig meat exports in 2012 were 3,130,291 tons, which means a drop by 1.9% with respect to year 2011.

China intends to require U.S. exporters to show that a third party has independently confirmed that no ractopamine residue is present in meat, according to USMEF.

Specifically, in the case of pork, in 2012 the production was almost 5.5 million tons: 2.5% less than in 2011 (-140,700 tons).

The first document issued by the new Chinese authorities has focused on agriculture, integrating matters such as food safety, irrigation, technology, the regulation of the markets or the rural development.

During last year (2012), the pig meat exports reached a record value of US$ 538 million.

The FAO Meat Price Index averaged 176 in January, down marginally from December. Quotations of all meat categories were generally stable, although a slight weakening in poultry and pig meat prices was evident.

Since the 1990s, meat consumption in Sweden has increased by 40%.