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While the Withdrawal Agreement negotiated between the EU and the UK remains the best possible outcome, the EU is prepared for a possible “no-deal” scenario in the area of agriculture.

Although there has been a drop in March, pork exports have increased in the first trimester of 2019 with respect to the same period in 2018.

The exports to China have recovered suddenly (+51% year-on-year), with 8,500 tonnes (carcass weight) sold to the north of Asia: 2,350 tonnes (carcass weight) more than in January 2018 (of which +1,950 tonnes in carcass weight sent to China.

These potential projects are necessary to satisfy the real demand of meat products in Cuba.

This new system will simplify the search for information about Geographical Indications and increase transparency for producers, national authorities and anyone curious about European GIs.

The USDA will verify if Brazilian pork and beef still fulfil the USA health requirements.

In a survey of more than a thousand pork kidney samples, none were found to have veterinary drugs at levels that even approached close to U.S. regulatory limits.

Less slaughters, higher weights, similar meat production, increase of exports to China ...

The 2017 full-year import figure already broke the 2 million metric ton barrier for the first time since records began in 1988, in 2018 this figure was exceeded.

The seizure was in an effort to battle the spread of African swine fever, a contagious, deadly virus which has killed more than a million pigs in China.

According to USDA, by the end of 2019, China's total swine inventory will be down and pork production will decrease.

With this political agreement, EU geographical indications can have improved protection at multilateral level.

Pork export volume came up just short of the record set in 2017 while value slipped 1 percent year-over-year.