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The US pork industry is teaming up with Alibaba to pitch more of its products to online shoppers in China.

Beijing will release 3.05 million kilograms from its frozen pork reserves onto the market to ease pork supply pressure and contain a price surge.

According to the information published by the Ministry of Agriculture of Spain in its foreign news gazette, the Central Americans are eating more and more pork.

The Spanish Animal Health and Nutrition industry grew up to €1,299.70 M of global turnover in 2015, i.e., a 8.71%.

The value of pigmeat fell by £186 million to £1,078 million. This fall was entirely due to the lower price in 2015 compared to 2014 as volumes rose by 3.3 %.

During the first trimester of 2016, a total of 164,900 tonnes have been exported, 77.8% more than during the first three months of 2015.

New customs rules come into force on Sunday 1 May that will make life simpler for businesses that trade in Europe and better protect consumers against illegal and counterfeit goods.

The volume of all outputs rose by 0.3 % compared to 2014 which is the highest level ever recorded for the UK.

Canada exported 5.8 million hogs in 2015, up 16.4% from 2014, but down 42.4% from the 2007 export peak.

In the last trimester of 2015, the GDP of the agriculture and stockbreeding sector grew by 4.8%.

The main challenge in global markets remains: balancing the supply glut in the US and the EU with Chinese import demand, according to the Rabobank Global Pork Quarterly Q2.

Copa & Cogeca launch major campaign to underline multiple benefits of EU livestock sector and meat for growth & jobs, vibrant rural areas, a balanced diet, and show the high production standards EU farmers meet.

“It is necessary to set up a national food harmlessness and quality system and agency that leads the national system so it really gives answers to the needs of the market.”

The study allows to establish that the Russian embargo has had a catastrophic effect on the prices, especially on those of pork (-23%) and milk (-32%).

According to USDA, pork global production is forecast down 1 percent to 109,3 million tons.