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At the European level, Spanish livestock production is one of the most important. In 2020, it reached nearly 11 million tons with the pork sector being of particular importance.

Global meat prices reached an all-time high in May but pig meat prices fell on high export availabilities.

Spain, Canada, and Brazil were the leading pork suppliers in the first four months of the year.

NIFA will invest $25 million through new and existing workforce development programs to provide a pipeline of well-trained workers to meet the demand for increased independent processing capacity.

Hog slaughter, pork production, and consumption showed slight growth, while international trade fell in both imports and exports.

Preliminary data on Portugal's international trade have been released.

Domestic pork production decreased along with exports, while imports showed a significant increase.

Mexican pork production and imports saw increases in the first quarter while exports contracted.

98,000 tons of meat substitutes worth 458 million euros were produced in 2021. Meat production declined by 8% in value terms over the same period.

The member states that have requested the largest amount of private storage aid for pigmeat are the Netherlands, Denmark, and Spain.

March pork exports were the largest so far this year but well below the record-large totals posted in March 2021.

The continued price strength stemmed from higher world poultry, pig and bovine meat prices.

According to the latest USDA estimates, China will continue to be the world's leading pork producer and importer. The European Union will be the leading exporter of pork.

In the first fifteen weeks of 2022, Mexican pork exports showed a weekly growth of 0.85%.