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The specific areas of investment will include animal housing, slurry storage, dairy equipment, specialised slurry spreading equipment, animal welfare & farm safety, and specialised pig & poultry investments.

Croatia is a large pork importer, and in 2014, imports reached $236 million (79,447 MT), mainly from the EU.

The production of the food and beverages sector has increased by 3.8% in 2014, and this translates into €93,238 million.

The volume of pork, beef and poultry imported by China has surged to 6,000 tons.

"The world food import bill is forecast to reach a five-year low in 2015", the report says, mainly driven by a decline in international prices, low freight rates and a strong US dollar.

The deadline for submitting applications for private storage aid for pigmeat under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/360 will be today, May 8, 2015.

World production of pigmeat is anticipated to grow by 1.9 percent to 119.4 million tonnes in 2015.

China and Hong Kong, along with Southeast Asia, USA, UK and Japan top a list of twenty countries shortlisted by the Spanish Food and Drink Industry Federation (FIAB), based on their potential and strategic interest.

China's imports of soybeans will continue to grow in the coming decade because of limited farmland and a rising population.

In 2014, the United Kingdom imported 352,436 tonnes of cured ham, amounting to ₤1,220 million (some €1,700 million).

Swine and pets segments, and especially foreign markets, push the sector to nearly €1,200 M.

MAFF had previously recognized the States of Sonora, Jalisco and Yucatan, among others, as disease-free.

EU Member States have yestarday backed a Commission move to close private storage aid for pigmeat, a measure that was opened on 9 March 2015.

Overall the conclusions on the system of official controls to ensure business operators implement requirements effectively were positive.

The negotiations were held on the initiative of the Belarusian side on the 13th of April and were devoted to resuming pork and beef imports from meat-processing plants of Belarus.