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The Chinese authorities announced last Thursday their intention of releasing more pork from the reserves to ensure the supply during the forthcoming National Day holidays.

According to the information published by the Ministry of Agriculture of China, the politics and measures to support pig production in China have entailed indications of improvement both in production and prices.

Finland and China renewed their bilateral agreement on the export of pork during Chinese Deputy Minister of Customs Hu Wei’s visit to Helsinki on 18 September.

Australia’s Minister for Agriculture Bridget McKenzie welcomed the finalisation of a new memorandum of understanding between the Australian and Chinese meat industries.

According to the forecasts of the Ministry of Agriculture of Brazil, the agriculture and livestock products with a greater dynamism in the next decade will be pork, soybean, cotton, cellulose, maize, chicken, milk and sugar.

With the new authorisation, Brazil has 11 pork plants authorised to export to China.

A 12.6% increase compared to last year, EU agri-food exports reached €13.07 billion for July 2019, another monthly record.

The investment will focus on upgrading and rebuilding the pig farms.

China has decided to strengthen its fiscal policies in a move to facilitate hog production and guarantee stable pork supply, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF).

For the first time in more than five decades, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is modernizing inspection at market hog slaughter establishments with a goal of protecting public health while allowing for food safety innovations.

Between January and July, pork and pig offal exports from Spain to China reached USD561.4 million. With these figures, Spain is now the first pork and pig offal supplier to China, overtaking Germany.

There was a drop by 0.7% in the number of heads slaughtered in the first semester of 2019, with a slaughter weight similar to that in 2018.