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The swine sector is the most important one in the Spanish stockbreeding industry.

Pigs numbers saw a large fall, down 12 per cent.

Moscow forecasts 2014 year-end swine inventories to grow by nearly seven percent (to 21.5 million head) and domestic pork production to increase by five percent.

In the first six months of 2013, the number of pigs slaughtered was 1.1% lower than last year but thanks to a growth in average carcass weight, the production decreased by only 0.6%.

The Argentinian Ministry of Agriculture informed that pig production rose by 22.2% during the first seven months of 2013 in comparison with the same period of year 2012.

Total pig meat production in Spain reached a total of 1,745,337 tonnes: a decrease by 1.73%.

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.