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Trade agreements have helped to boost EU agricultural exports and have supported jobs in the agri-food sector and other sectors of the economy, according to a new independent study carried out on behalf of the European Commission.

Although a stronger valued U.S. dollar is expected to constrain growth in U.S. agricultural exports somewhat, the United States remains competitive in global agricultural markets and export values grow over the next 10 years.

With a surplus of €18.8 billion the agri-food sector is also a major contributor to the overall surplus of the European Union in merchandise trade, which stood at €39.3 billion in 2016.

The Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) – the most significant multilateral trade deal concluded since the establishment of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 1995 - enters into force.

Exports of Russian pork products have increased significantly over the last year.

The ruling concerns a ban imposed by Russia in January 2014 because of the outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in areas in the EU close to the border with Belarus.

Ceta passed a crucial hurdle on 15 February when MEPs voted to back the landmark EU-Canada trade deal.

The measures proposed by the EU cause that 60% of the Romanian pigs farms cannot export live pigs to the EU.

UK pigmeat exports hit a 17-year high in 2016, totalling almost 206,000 tonnes, according to AHDB Pork.

From 2005 to 2015 the exports of agrifood products to Japan grew by 68.3%.

According to AHDB Pork, Chinese pork imports more than doubled on the year during 2016, reaching a substantial 1.6 million tonnes shipped weight and establishing the nation as the dominant global pork importer.

Negotiated for nearly five years and four months, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada is now ready for the final vote by the European Parliament.

In a joint letter transmitted to the White House, NCBA and NPPC asked the president “to initiate free trade agreement negotiations with nations in the Asia-Pacific region beginning with Japan..."

The Colombian pork produced at the abattoirs Súper Cerdo Paisa and Frigocolanta (pig line) has been given the OK to be exported to Peru.

2016 was a historic year for the Spanish pig sector, with more than 2 million tonnes and €4,500 million exported.

In 2016, pork exports (including fresh and processed products) increased by 32%, confirming the good year of the Brazilian pig sector in the international market.