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The agreement will allow duty-free trade in processed pork and almost duty-free trade for fresh meat.

Pork exports between January and October 2018 grew by 1.8% with respect to 2017.

The total output of pork was 54.04 million tons, down by 0.9 percent.

The FAO Meat Price Index posted an a 0.8 percent increase during the month, led by a recovery in pigmeat prices, which were supported by strong global import demand, especially from Brazil. The index was down 2.2 percent on an annual basis.

The Trump administration announced the second phase of the market facilitation part of its assistance program for America’s farmers suffering from ongoing trade disputes.

The new European law will cover agricultural and food products traded in the food supply chain, banning for the first time up to 16 unfair trading practices imposed unilaterally by one trading partner on another.

The Australian pig and pig meat industry is the smallest of the livestock industries and the only one competing with imported products.

MEPs want the European Food Safety Agency to publish safety studies before a product is authorised to go on to the market.

The European Commission welcomes approval in the European Parliament of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement and the EU-Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement.

The FAO Meat Price Index came in marginally lower, with only bovine meat prices rising during the month.

EU consumption of pork will decrease from 32.5 kg per capita in 2018 to 31.7 kg in 2030. This decline will be compensated by higher exports, with world import demand that will continue to grow at a rate of 0.7% per year during 2018-2030.