Swine news - Economy

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.

FAO's anticipates this year's world maize and wheat production to decline based on early forecasts.

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 raised import duties on a $3 billion list of U.S. pork, fruit and other products.

The average pigs saved per litter was a record high of 10.58 for the December - February period, compared to 10.43 last year.

A two-year project that will assess veterinary health management and veterinary drug use in Vietnamese pig farms has been launched.

For each USD invested on a pig through the Pork Checkoff, there was a return on investment of USD22.50.

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.

In 2017, livestock and fowl production amounted 14.6 million tonnes.

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

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

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.

The Pig Producer’s Association of Nicaragua (Canipor) expects to grow by 8-10% in 2018.

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

French pig production has decreased in comparison with 2016.

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.

In the current state of the investigation, two products have been identified and are being removed from the Belgian market: minced meat and oxtail.

Commission requests Germany to align its rules with EU law regarding a VAT scheme made available to farmers.

The figures have dropped in comparison with the same period in 2016, both in the number of heads and in weight.

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

In comparison with 2016, in 2017 pork production has dropped.

The pig census as of December 2017 shows increases in almost all age groups.