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China is the largest leather producing country in the world and represents a major opportunity to increase the value of U.S. exports of these products.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko gave the relevant instructions at the government session held on 22 September to review the measures designed to restore pork production.

WASDE raised the commercial pork production forecast for 2015 to 23.9 billion pounds, for the first time exceeds beef output in 62 years.

During the first semester of 2014 a total of 2,491,870 pigs were slaughtered, and this represents an increase by 1.3%.

The European Commission has approved 27 programmes to promote agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries.

The data confirm the leadership position of the Spanish pig sector regarding the economic results, with a positive economic margin of +€0.09/kg.

The total exports during the first half of 2014 remained stable: 361,000 tonnes (+ 0.1%).

Plans to prolong a largely duty-free access to the EU market for Ukraine’s exports until the end of 2015 were backed by the European Parliament on Thursday.

Employment: Commission proposes €918,000 from Globalisation Fund to support former workers of GAD abattoirs in France.

By-products of cattle and pigs, meals of meat or meat offal, cattle fat, pork fat (including lard) and poultry fat are now banned.

On the results of inspection of meat processing plants conducted by the Rosselkhoznadzor on September 29 — October 10, various establishments obtained the right for pork export to Russia.

During the first nine months of 2014, the Brazilian pork exports have added up to a total of 362,165 tonnes for a value of USD1,140 million.

We must highlight the important increases in the last 10 years in Aragon (+58.39%), Galicia (+24.53%) and Catalonia (+6.83%).

With the peak of the 2014 PEDv outbreaks behind us, the global pork industry was faced with another challenge in the shape of the Russian import ban affecting EU, US, and Canadian markets.

In September they represented 39.60% of Brazil’s exports.