Swine news - Economy

With an agri-food trade value of €255 billion in 2017, the EU confirms for yet another year its position as largest global exporter and importer of agri-food products.

April pork exports set a new volume record, fueled by tremendous demand in Mexico.

Pork production has increased during the first trimester of 2018, according to the data provided by the MAPAMA.

The meeting was useful for making an assessment at a sectorial level and for analysing the main aspects to be improved for the opening of new markets for the local pig production and industry.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) issued a statement to the Mexican meat producers so as to think of other pork suppliers because of the tariffs that the Mexican government could impose to the USA products.

The sector expects the activity to reassume its normal levels in 60 days.

Mexico will impose equivalent measures to several products in the face of the USA protectionist measures regarding steel and aluminium.

For the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the Commission is proposing to modernise and simplify the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

This is the result of herd reduction in the past year.

Due to the situation of ASF in Romania and the EU, Russia has forbidden the entry of Romanian pork and pork products.

The European Commission has adopted the new rules on labelling the origin of the primary ingredient in food which were endorsed by a vote by the Member States.

The new rules, which came into force this week, will allow data from the EU's Copernicus Sentinel satellites and other Earth observation data to be used as evidence when checking farmers' fulfilment of requirements under the CAP.

Pursuing new market opportunities in China is vital to the continued growth of the Canadian economy, and to reaching the Government of Canada's target of increasing global agricultural exports to $75 billion by 2025.

Farming activities in all member states to be subject to same EU high standards. More options to attract new entrants and to help farmers deal with crises.

The data regarding the European pork exports in the first trimester of 2018 show a drop by almost 2%.

Initially, only four cold stores in Santa Catarina will have the permission to export their products to South Korea.

The low livestock supply together with the low pork demand in 2017 puts the German meat industry sector in a difficult situation.

The commissioner will be accompanied by a business delegation of 70 representatives from across the European agri-food sector, representing national associations or businesses from 22 different countries.

On 2017, China imported 1,216,757 tons of pork and 1,236,454 tons of offal , a decrease of 25% and 8% respectively compared to the figures of 2016.

Denmark is beating its own record for pork exports. Germany, in particular, continues to be an important and growing market.

Argentina achieves the opening the Cape Verdean pork, beef and pig and cattle offal markets.

For the first time since 2012, trade in all meats (beef, pork, and broiler meat) is expected to rise. While pork and broiler meat will make modest gains of 1 and 2 percent respectively, beef growth will rise 5 percent.

Mexico and Denmark held a work meeting aimed at the strengthening of the scientific and technological cooperation in the pig and dairy sector.

Pig production has risen in the first trimester of 2018.