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Agriculture and business representatives were generally supportive of the agreement, underlining that new market access would foster growth and competitiveness and boost employment.

Vietnamese technicians will visit Brazil to inspect its abattoirs, although the date is yet to be established.

Tariff or quota limits on the volume of pork traded between EU and UK could mean sharp price movements, affecting demand.

The Ministers of Agriculture of Colombia and Peru announced that the health reequirements for the exportation have become effective.

Canada has recognized Mexico as free of CSF, thus opening a new destination for exports of Mexican pork meat.

Pork exports were up 16 percent from a year ago to 186,689 mt, the largest volume ever posted in August.

According to the ABPA's data, the Brazilian pork exports increased by 30.7% in August 2016 with respect to August 2015.

EU pigmeat exports are expected to reach a record level at 2.7 million tonnes (+24% on annual basis) thanks to the boost in exports to China.

After more than 10 years of negotiations, China has decided to open its market to Italian pork through the acknowledgement of Italy being free of swine vesicular disease in the North macroregion.

The highest increases in monthly export values were achieved for pork, with EUR 1.1 billion corresponding to an increase of 29% compared to export values one year ago.

The Russian Federation filed a notice of appeal on 23 September in the case brought by the European Union “Russian Federation – Measures on the Importation of Live Pigs, Pork and Other Pig Products from the European Union”.

According to FAS-USDA report, during the past twelve months, carcass and piglet prices have gone from record lows during December 2015-April 2016 back to the five-year average.

The Romanian pig producers have asked, repeatedly, for the live pigs trade authorisation to the EU, because Romania has been free from CSF for more than 8 years.

Corn supplies for 2016/17 are lowered from last month but are stiII forecast at a record 16.859 billion bushels, as a smaller crop more than offsets a small increase in beginning stocks due to a reduction in 2015/16 exports.