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Pork production totaled 2.05 billion pounds, up 2 percent from the previous year.

Despite the important growth of the national production, the pork exports in the first semester of 2017 have risen 79,4% versus the same period in 2016.

It is the lowest pig census since November 2010.

The OECD, together with the FAO, have just published their Agricultura outlook report 2017-2026. According to the report, in the period encompassed by the Outlooks, it is expected that the growth of the demand suffers a considerable deceleration.

The EU and Brazil - two of the world's biggest producers of agricultural products - submitted to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) a joint proposal on support for agricultural production and food security measures.

Pork consumption showed a decrease by 1.7 kg, reaching 36.2 kg per capita.

The Portuguese authorities have made official the opening of the Chinese market to Portuguese pork.

The ban, which began in 2014, has been extended year after year.

This international organization has provided its users with more information about these criteria in the face of the proliferation of regional trade agreements and the implementation of different sets of origin regulations in a growing number of countries.

European Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development Phil Hogan has welcomed the Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Japan as a "great new opportunity for our exporting agri-food producers".

Global food commodity prices rose in June, led by wheat and meat prices.

Health authorities in Mexico and the European Union raised the question of cooperation on issues such as animal welfare and antimicrobial resistance.

Almost €1,226 million in sales, with China and France as the main destinations of Spanish pork.

United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2017 was 71.7 million head. This was up 3 percent from June 1, 2016, and up 1 percent from March 1, 2017.