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Since 2015 China has been restructuring its pork sector. As a consequence, its imports peaked in mid-2016 and then declined until the end of 2017. Only in November 2017 the trend reversed and imports are expected to stabilise in 2018.

The Commission published a report presenting a short-term agricultural markets' outlook. In 2018 pigmeat production is expected to rise.

Chile, together with other 10 countries, signed the free trade agreement, that favours national pork exports. It is expected that the exports to Japan grow by 10-15% in the next years.

China plans to impose tariffs on up to products from the United States to make up for losses caused by US tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum products. For pork, a 25 percent tariff is proposed.

Spain is now one of the four main pork exporters in the world, together with Germany, the USA and Denmark, with sales that amount 1,554,981 tonnes of pork.

Other cereals (excluding rice) and pork exports experienced the biggest drop in value terms on an annual basis.

Pork consumption grew by 9.6% in 2017, reaching 14.1 kg per capita.

The decision of the Taiwanese authorities will send an important and positive signal also to other Asian governments to fully recognise the EU's stringent veterinary controls.

Under an export certificate recently negotiated between the two countries, the United States now can ship pork to Paraguay.

After careful review and two rounds of public comment, USDA has determined that the rule exceeds the Department’s statutory authority.

The Minister discussed the success of Canada's high-quality pork exports and congratulated Costco on their decision to exclusively import Canadian pork at all of their Japanese stores.

The goal of the change in the inspection model is related to the demand to preserve public health and the quality of the meat produced in Brazil.

The MAPAMA has just published the last provisional data on pork production in 2017.

Both parties’ interest to encourage the trade of agriculture and livestock products, pork being among them, stands out.

During the meeting, the parties discussed technical issues on access of Russian livestock products, such as beef, pork and poultry meat to the Thai market.