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Joint Statement of the EU-27 Ministers for Agriculture regarding the response needed at European level, under the Common Agricultural Policy, to the COVID-19 crisis

With a total of 57 authorized companies, Spain is the world's leading exporter of pork and pork products to China.

Given that Colombian production is insufficient, the suspension of tariffs will increase supply capacity for feed production.

The Ministry reminds stakeholders of the importance of remaining vigilant and implementing adequate biosecurity measures on farms.

The plant is one of the largest pork processing facilities in the U.S.

How would African swine fever (ASF) in the United States impact its economy?

According to the National Union of Pig Breeders, the industry showed significant growth in the first quarter of 2020, continuing the positive trend of 2019.

The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) started infection studies in pigs, chickens, fruit bats, and ferrets.

This temporary closure will affect nearly 1,000 employees.

In an effort to ensure the safe supply of meat and pork in the domestic market during the COVID-19 epidemic, China approves hundreds of new companies for import.

African swine fever was found in 396 free ranging pigs in the Southern Highlands.

Facing the current economic conditions in the Russian Federation and other EAEU countries, the Ministry sets measures aimed at keeping the food market stability to meet the domestic demand for grain and its processed products.

Having regard that the ongoing crisis related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) represents an exceptional and unprecedented challenge for the capacity of Member States to fully conduct official controls and other official activities in accordance with EU legislation, the EU has published the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466.

The Ministry of Agriculture met with large pig enterprises to discuss solutions for how to lower the pork price down to VND 60,000 / kg.