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Russia may export 60 times more pork and poultry by 2020, even as it seeks to build its food security by reducing dependence on imported meat, Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik said Tuesday.

Dominican Republic ’s Agriculture Ministry and pork producers will adopt the joint measures needed to declare the country free of Classic Swine Fever so that meat can be exported, especially to the United States.

In the last year in the EU-27, a total of 22.6 million tons of pigmeat was produced. Germany takes first place with 24% of the total, followed by Spain (14%), France (9%), Poland (7%), Denmark (7%), Italy (7%) y Holland (6%).

Holland and Denmark are the 2 countries that stand out with the best technical performance for mothers, higher productivity, prolificacy, and better reproductive rhythms, while Italy and the UK come in the extreme opposite with the worst results in productivity and prolificacy. Spain is situated in an intermediate position with respect to productivity and prolificacy, while they obtain good results in reproduction.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has issued a new regulation calling for stricter meat import inspections.

This week the Mexican Secretary of Agriculture, Francisco Mayorga Castañeda, and the Russian Minister of Agriculture, Elena Skrinnik, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with hopes of increasing the commercial exchange of agricultural products between the two nations.

The ban on beef and pork shipments in Miyazaki Prefecture put in place because of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease may be lifted this month because no new cases have been found since the slaughter of infected animals was completed last week.

Vietnam plans to increase its pig production by 18% to 32 million heads by 2013 through expansion of pig farming in the northern and central parts of the country, according to Nguyen Thanh Son, Deputy Director General of the Husbandry Department.

Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture, Rural Development, Fishing and Food, Francisco Mayorga Castañeda, and New Zealand’s Minister of Agriculture, David Carter, signed a Memorandum on Understanding.

Animals kept for breeding as of June 1 are expected to decline about 3.5 percent from 5.968 million head a year earlier, based on a survey of analysts conducted by Dow Jones Newswires before the USDA’s Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report.

Colombia's pending free trade agreement (FTA) with Canada has been finalized after passing a vote Monday night in the Canadian Senate, according to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.

A study conducted by the consulting company Inventica revealed that in 2009 the volume of Russian production of pigs was 2,169 tons the slaughter weight, which is 6.2% more compared with the previous year.

Meat imports into Vietnam during January to May 2010 soared threefold year-on-year to 50,000 tonnes, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman welcomed producers of Gloucestershire Old Spots pork – also known as Gloucester Old Spots – to the growing list of British specially protected foods and drink that have gained specially protected status throughout Europe.

The data from the March MARM Panel of food consumption shows that the consumption of meat products in Spanish homes increased to 673.911 tons.

The Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing and Food of Mexico, Francisco Mayorga Castañeda communicated that Mexico will increment its meat exports to Russia, Vietnam and Singapore while they continue negotiations with Australia and New Zealand.