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The label gives pig farmers the opportunity to differentiate themselves by going above and beyond the legal standards for animal welfare.

The regulations clarify some aspects of the practical arrangements for post-mortem inspection.

The entry of porcine ingredients in luggage represents a high risk for the introduction of African swine fever.

Agri-food and fishery exports reached an all-time high in 2020, driven by foreign sales of pork and fruit.

Pork was the main driver of this amount with the volume of pork shipments increasing 2.5 fold.

The lifting of the Japanese embargo is particularly significant as Japan represents an important market for the Belgian pork sector.

While poultry, ovine, and bovine meat prices increased, global pork prices fell in July.

From January to May of this year, pork imports have increased by 65%.

In the first trimester of 2021, 22,000 tons of pork were shipped. This amounted to 43% of all imports of pork in the country.

The Commission’s Animal Welfare Platform recommends the establishment of a voluntary labelling scheme at EU-level.

In the first quarter of 2021, exports of live pigs and pork from Portugal increased by 20.1% and 39.3%, respectively, compared to the same period in 2020, with Spain as the virtually exclusive destination.

The sharp decline in exports of live pigs to Germany is increasing slaughter in Dutch slaughterhouses.

Trade is concentrated in Asia, which accounts for 78% of these traded volumes, and particularly in China.

Export revenue rose 14% to $207 million, of which pork accounted for 45%.