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With this funding, Canada Pork will promote Canadian pork in new and emerging markets across Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

EU production in January-April 2026 amounted to 7.6 M tonnes. Both import and export volumes increased.

Swine inventory and production are expected to remain stable in 2027, supported by solid demand and pork's price advantage over beef. However, pork imports are set to slow following a sharp 2026 surge that left elevated stocks.

The program will provide up to $50 million in new funding to help states start or expand their own meat inspection programs.

The EU and the Philippines reached substantial agreement in their negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), envisaged to deepen economic ties between the EU and another strategic, fast-growing partner in Southeast Asia.

At the end of July, slaughter increased by 0.6% in volume over twelve rolling months, despite a 0.6% decline in the pig herd.

Export bans are estimated to lose over 7 million euros worth of pork by the end of the year.

Higher local production and higher import volume last year point to reduced pork imports in 2026.

Pork exports trended lower in July, but remain higher year-to-date.

The Philippines' pork production, consumption, and imports are all expected to increase in 2027.

After growing steadily between 2023 and 2025, pork imports contracted by 18.0% in the first half of the year.

French exports fell by 1% in volume, with a sharp decline to China, while the trade balance remained positive.

The increase reflected higher poultry, pig and ovine meat prices, which were partly offset by lower bovine meat quotations.

The first half of 2026 presented a mixed picture for Chile’s pork industry: while hog slaughter and pork production remained virtually stable, exports continued to decline as imports increased significantly, bringing apparent consumption to its strongest semester of the 2022–2026 series.

Live pig exports (piglets for finishing and pigs for slaughter) fell by 10.3% in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period of the previous year.

Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Luis Planas, met with his Philippine counterpart, Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr., to discuss new avenues for collaboration in the agricultural and fisheries sectors and to strengthen trade relations between Spain and the Philippines.