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This historic agreement links together countries that represent nearly 40 percent of global GDP.

Following recent notifications of ASF outbreaks in Ukraine, the existing measures of cleansing and disinfection should also be extended to the vehicles entering the Union from Ukraine.

In light of the evolution in the disease situation in the third countries concerned, the protection measures should be prolonged until the end of October 2016.

Furthermore, the Commission continues to monitor closely the pigmeat market and is ready to activate an enhanced Private Storage Aid scheme for pigmeat.

According to Rabobank, the EU pork industry will see few opportunities for margin improvement in the coming years.

The report mainly highlights the positive evolution of pork exports during the last ten years, increasing from 0.7 to 1.7 million tonnes.

The scenario that best fit the criteria for virus entry into the U.S. was virus spread through reuse of contaminated Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBC).

According to data from agricultural organizations, the Russian Agriculture Ministry has reported an increase of 8.4% in the production of pigs for slaughter.

The drop has been by 9.1% with respect to the same period in 2014.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued revised Guidance for Industry (GFI) #120, “Veterinary Feed Directive Regulation Questions and Answers.”

The Russian Veterinary Authorities have confirmed the reocurrence of an outbreak of classical swine fever (CSF) in the centre of the country.

Canadian exports of pig meat and derived products reached 1.15 million tonnes in 2014, a decrease of approximately 3%.