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On Sept. 24, the revised Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) was signed by President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Under KORUS, most U.S. pork products now enter Korea duty-free.

Nine countries have cancelled their Belgian pork imports aftter the detection of five African swine fever positive cases in wild boars.

The stockbreeding activity allows the production of 6.7 million of tonnes of meat (fowl, beef, pork, goat and lamb) per year.

It is expected that in November a protocol will be signed that will allow the export of Argentinian pork to China.

In Ecuador, the consumption per capita is 10.90 kg, but it reaches 17 and 20 kg in other Latin American countries.

Despite the drop in pork production, the total meat production increased slightly in the first half of 2018 in comparison with 2017.

The deal also means UK exporters can further tap in to the overseas demand for parts of the pig carcass that are not commonly purchased in the UK, such as offal.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation.

As a part of the market diversification policy for the import of agri-food products implemented by the SAGARPA, the first shipping from Spain, with more than 93 tonnes of frozen pork belly without skin, has arrived to Mexico.

Escalating trade tensions between the US and China, and within North America, are expected to greatly impact global pork trade in 2H 2018, according to Rabobank’s latest Pork Quarterly report.

The latest monthly agri-food trade report shows that EU exports remain strong, with €11.2 billion recorded in May 2018.

Pork exports reached 278.3 thousand tonnes in the first semester of 2018.

This region will supply the global market with some 59% of soya beans and sugar, and more than 30% of meat in 2017.