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Spanish pork exports to third countries fell by 14% in the first quarter of 2026, with a sharp decline in shipments to China.

During the meeting between the Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Luis Planas, and the Japanese ambassador to Spain, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Planas insisted on making progress in the negotiations on ASF regionalization.

Safe2Eat 2026 expands its reach to 23 countries and strengthens confidence in food safety with clear and accessible scientific information.

Regulation (EU) 2026/687 protects the European meat sector with safeguard measures against Mercosur imports.

The increase in per capita meat consumption was mainly driven by pork, which registered the highest year-on-year growth and consolidated its position on Argentinian tables.

According to CEXGAN data, Spanish exports of pork and pork products to third countries increased by 2.6% last year.

While Chinese imports of pork products in 2025 decreased by 8.5%, pork production increased to more than 59 million tons.

The final tariffs will apply to European pork export companies for the next five years.

These are two new secondary outbreaks involving a total of three animals, bringing the total number of positive animals since the outbreak began to 16, all of them within the high-risk zone.

The Ministry of Agriculture has updated restrictions on exports of Spanish pork products, including new developments for Japan and the US.

Update on the markets that have lifted some of their initial restrictions on Spanish pork due to the ASF outbreak.

Another extraordinary drop in Mercolleida: Pigs fall 10 cents for the second time this week in a market strained by ASF and the export slowdown.

The European Commission has defined the ASF infected zone in Catalonia and has applied urgent control measures to prevent its spread; the Osona region is excluded from the area.

China accepts regionalization, meaning that it will only stop importing products originating from the province of Barcelona.