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It decreased in all categories, year-on-year: by 2.3% in beef, by 1.4% in pigmeat, and by 5.0% in poultrymeat.

In the European Union, the situation is forecast to remain difficult, with continuing pressure on consumer demand hampering market recovery despite lower supply and rising exports.

Despite difficulties in the domestic livestock sector, the number of pigs rose 1.08% to 26.9 million.

Hong Kong’s 2014 pork market is forecast to be comparable to 2013 following some disruptions in 2011 and 2012 caused by high pork prices in China.

The Subcommittee, which is part of the National Advisory Food and Agriculture Standardization Committee pertaining to the SAGARPA (Secretariat of Agriculture, Stockbreeding, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food,) will be in charge of designing and revising the food and agriculture regulations regarding stockbreeding.

Four establishments situated in Kaliningrad oblast got the right to export finished beef, pork and poultry meat to the EU countries.

The number of pigs increased to 8 million heads, or by 4.8%.

Global meat production is expected to grow at a moderate pace this decade, constrained by higher input costs and competing demand for land and water from alternative crops.

After two consecutive years of increased pig meat production in the European Union, 2012 marked a 2% decrease.

United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2013 was 66.6 million head. This was down slightly from June 1, 2012, but up 2 percent from March 1, 2013.

The ministry also expects to see pig production rise to 13.07 million, almost 2% up from last year.

The number of farms producing pigs has declined by just under two-thirds in the last decade, but production has risen from just over 20 million to over 29 million pigs.

Large farm size is a factor of high economic performance for most types of farms across countries.

Denmark presents the best index, with 0.79 points, followed by Germany (0.52), The Netherlands (0.51), and Spain (0.49).

During the first trimester of this year the slaughterings of pigs in Spain have dropped by 2.67%.

China is expected to become the world's leading consumer of pigmeat on a per capita basis, surpassing the European Union by 2022.