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Teagasc pigs specialist Michael McKeon said that profitability in the pig sector is set to be restored in 2012 as pig prices rise and the cost of feed decreases.

Last year Hong Kong became the number one destination of Brazilian pork, displacing Russia as the second most important destination.

During 2010, Mexico sent 7,000,100 tons of meat to the Korean market, and in 2011 its exports more than doubled.

Two years ago Ukraine imported 30% of pork, nowadays it imports only 5%.

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Local meat consumption has reached 3.3 million tons, with an anticipated increase of 7% compared to this year.

According to information from the Management Committee of the Organization of Agricultural Markets, exports of pork have increased by 21.1%.

The U.S. pork industry is expected to ship 1.4 billion pounds of pork products to foreign destinations in the fourth quarter of this year, an increase of more than 22 percent over the same period in 2010.

The derogation granted to Italy to authorise the dispatch of pig meat from Sardinia to areas outside Sardinia, is suspended.

The Philippines may begin pork shipments to Malaysia by early next year if a triple A slaughterhouse facility in Cavite gets the approval from Malaysian regulators to export such products there, Agriculture officials said.

In 2011 there was a 4.9% increase in pig production compared to 2010.

This is the first time that Romania is authorised after its accession because of the classical swine fever situation that has however largely improved in the last years.

The European Commission has approved 20 programmes to promote agricultural products in third countries.