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Regarding swine, in 2015 the Spanish abattoirs slaughtered 46,379,926 pigs, producing 3.89 million tonnes of pork.

In 2015, a total of 5.52 million pigs were slaughtered. This entails a rise by 8.9% with respect to 2014.

The joint venture will process, package and sell at retail level fresh pork and beef products of French origin for human consumption.

According to DEFRA, the total number of pigs in England has decreased by 3.6 % since December 2014 to just over 3.5 million.

55% of the pork produced by Chile was exported, reaching USD457 million, so the Chilean pig industry has become established as a meat exports leader.

The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns.

Due to weak demand and lower unit values, poultry and products are decreased $400 million to $4.8 billion, while pork is forecast $100 million lower to $4.3 billion.

Pork was the most exported meat, with more than 1.25 million tonnes (+18% with respect to 2014) and a value of €2,704 million.

Over the past 30 years, the European value chain—spanning from grains & oilseeds (G&O) via feed to pork—has developed into three main business models: specialisation, semi-integration and full integration.

As of December 1st 2015, the Russian pig herd increased by 9.5%, adding up 21.9 million heads.

The main destination by far was China, with a total of 1,109,202 t exported (34% of total exports and an increase of 55% over the previous year.)

With an increase by 6.8% and a total census of 28,367,340 pig heads, Spain is the country with the highest pig census in the EU, beating Germany for the first time.

Pork production rises over the projection period, with increases also supported by rising slaughter weights.

Spanish swine sector estimates for 2016 a growth of 3.5 percent for total slaughters and of 3.9 percent of pork production.