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Since Colombia has recovered its FMD-free status with vaccination, Peru has lifted restrictions on pork.

From January to May of this year, pork imports have increased by 65%.

In the first trimester of 2021, 22,000 tons of pork were shipped. This amounted to 43% of all imports of pork in the country.

The Commission’s Animal Welfare Platform recommends the establishment of a voluntary labelling scheme at EU-level.

The pork trade balance was again positive in 2020, both in volume and value. The trade surplus was US$ 4.03 million, while in 2019 there was a trade deficit of US$ 47.3 million.

Food and feed trade associations, hauliers, farmers and veterinary and environmental health professional organisations have joined together to propose an urgent new veterinary agreement and streamlined processes to resolve restrictions to exports to the EU, Britain’s largest trading partner.

The largest pork-producing state in Brazil, Santa Catarina, maintains export growth.

The Food Industry Association (VdEW) and the Food, Beverage and Catering Union (NGG) reached an agreement during negotiations on minimum wages for meat industry workers.

In the first quarter of 2021, exports of live pigs and pork from Portugal increased by 20.1% and 39.3%, respectively, compared to the same period in 2020, with Spain as the virtually exclusive destination.

The sharp decline in exports of live pigs to Germany is increasing slaughter in Dutch slaughterhouses.

The federal court struck down a USDA provision allowing for faster harvest facility line speeds.