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Having regard that the ongoing crisis related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) represents an exceptional and unprecedented challenge for the capacity of Member States to fully conduct official controls and other official activities in accordance with EU legislation, the EU has published the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466.

The Ministry of Agriculture met with large pig enterprises to discuss solutions for how to lower the pork price down to VND 60,000 / kg.

South American Ministers of Agriculture discussed the harmonization of standards to ensure the free movement of food and supplies.

Member States should preserve the free circulation of all goods. They should guarantee the supply chain of perishable food products and livestock.

Pork production continued to increase during the past year and represented almost 64% of the total meat produced.

Companies produced less pork, more beef and poultry meat.

European exports have increased by more than 20%. China continues to be the main destination and Spain the main exporter.

In order to diversify markets and help farmers obtain better prices for their products, The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is working on opening new export destinations in countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

This Friday, February 14th, a container with 24,000 kg of pork will set sail from Puerto Caldera to Puerto Shenzhen, Guandong, making Costa Rica the first country in Central America to export this line of processed products to the main world market.