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Record drought in the U.S. Midwest, animal disease outbreaks, and rising prices of livestock feed all contributed to 2011’s lower rise in production.

MEPs called for talks on a possible trade deal with the US to start early next year, in a resolution adopted on Tuesday.

The USDA-FSIS unveiled a new online Electronic Consumer Complaint Form where consumers can report problems with meat, poultry, and egg products.

Global pork production is forecast nominally higher to a record 104.7 million tons.

From now on, Mexico is the tenth member of the TPP. This allows Mexico to fully participate and have a bearing on the negotiations of all the matters that are a part of this initiative.

The European Commission approved to allow Croatia to export, without limitations, fresh pig meat and pig meat products to the European Union markets.

The CPC sees important potential benefits from a TPP agreement, including: providing Canada the means of securing, or even enhancing, its terms of trade with existing TPP participants.

Japan’s total 2013 domestic slaughter and national pork output are projected down by less than one percent to 16.4 million head.

The current fixed rate per-kilogram tariff will change to a varying percentages tariff system depending on the amount of meat products and cheeses to be imported.

The grain-intensive pig and poultry sectors recorded particularly strong gains, increasing by 6 percent and 2 percent respectively.

China has recently been importing over 0.4 million tonnes of pork per year, in a world market with trade of less than 7 million tonnes per year.

Rabobank predicts a further 2 percent decline in pork production in 2014.

Pig meat production, on top of higher feed costs, would also be affected by the new animal welfare rules mandatory from January 2013, and would decline by -3.2% in 2013.

Frozen pork supplies were up 6 percent from the previous month and up 31 percent from last year.

The import of live pigs from Italy in the first half of 2012 was characterized by an overall decrease of 13.3% compared to 2011.