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Over the first four months of the year 2,438,000 piglets were exported and it is five percent more that during the same period of last year.

The ban on beef and pork shipments in Miyazaki Prefecture put in place because of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease may be lifted this month because no new cases have been found since the slaughter of infected animals was completed last week.

The Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing and Food of Mexico, Francisco Mayorga Castañeda communicated that Mexico will increment its meat exports to Russia, Vietnam and Singapore while they continue negotiations with Australia and New Zealand.

Pig producers now have an important new market as the Philippines has re-opened its market to the UK. The market had been closed since the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in 2007 and never formally re-opened.

The amount of pork products exported from Canada is expected to decline come calendar year 2011.

The exports of pig meat from Denmark to Japan increased by 20 % during the first quarter of this year.

The government hiked its outlook for 2010 U.S. agricultural exports to $104.5 billion, the second-highest level ever, amid stronger than expected demand from China and other Asian countries.

According to the latest report published by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade on exports from Spanish industry during the first quarter of the year, the sales from the meat sector reached 752.6 million euros (11% of the total), a figure that is 5.3% higher than that registered for the same period of the previous year.

The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, confirmed that the Chinese market has been fully reopened to Irish pigmeat.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced an investment in research, traceability and product development that will boost the competitive edge Canadian hog producers need to succeed in domestic and international markets. The investment of over $15 million will help deliver a better profit back to the farm gate and strengthen the industry for the future.

U.S. beef and pork muscle cut exports performed well in March, concluding the first quarter of 2010 with increasing momentum.

China this afternoon gave notice that it is ready to accept imports of U.S. pork, following negotiations between Chinese and U.S. officials in March that led to an agreement in which China pledged to reopen its markets to U.S. pork. U.S. pork produced on or after May 1 can now be exported to China.

Brazilian exports reached 176.71 thousand tonnes between January and April which represents a decrease of 6.4% in volume but an increase of 12.91% in value. However, exports to Russia, the main destination for Brazilian pig meat, increased by 2.76% in volume.

Exports of quality Iberian ham increased during 2009 by a little over 10% and the product was commercialized in 90 countries in five continents, this was equivalent to 200,000 Iberian hams being exported from Spain last year.

The latest figures offered by the Spanish Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs show that in 2009 Spanish pig meat exports increased by 1.2% reaching a total of 1.25 million tonnes.

According to FAPRI 2010 U.S. and World Agricultural Outlook, recovering from a 12 per cent drop in 2009, pork trade grows by 2.8 per cent (122,000 metric tons; mt) annually in the next decade, reaching 5.52 mmt in 2019. Pork production increases in the next decade at a rate of 1.9 per cent (1.85 mmt), reaching 115.46 mmt in 2019.