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During the first 5 months of this year, the importation of live pigs of less and more than 50 kg liveweight has increased by 3.6% and 8%, respectively.

Pig production is expected to increase marginally from 4.6 million in 2013 to 4.7 million piglets in 2014.

Despite difficulties in the domestic livestock sector, the number of pigs rose 1.08% to 26.9 million.

The country’s total swine inventory as of January 1, 2013 was 11.8 million heads. This was 0.17 percent lower than last year’s inventory.

The number of pigs increased to 8 million heads, or by 4.8%.

Number of pig-keeping holdings down 7.5%.

In Q1 2013 the meat production amounted to 108 651 tonnes, i.e. by 2.8% less, year-on-year. Production of all main categories was lower, y-o-y: beef (−3.5%), pigmeat (−3.1%), and poultrymeat (−1.9%).

According to the kind of meat, beef, with 60 kg (61.1%); poultry, with 20 kg (20,4%); pork, with 14 kg (14.4%); and lamb, with 4 kg (4.1%) stand out.

Commercial hog slaughter totaled 113.2 million head, 2 percent higher than 2011.

The Korean government seeks to cull up to 100,000 sows to help stabilize pork prices.

United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on March 1, 2013 was 65.9 million head.

The latest Defra census shows pig numbers on December 1 totalled 4.2 million head. This was just over 2% lower compared with the same period last year.

Hog producers reported 12.7 million hogs, down 0.5% from January 1, 2012.

The Commission is publishing today its short-term market outlook for arable crop, meat and dairy markets in the EU. The EU pig meat production is expected to decline in 2013 (-2%).

The number of slaughtered pigs fell by 2,837 heads, in spite of a marginal increase of 0.9 per cent in the average carcass weight.