Pork imports into China have continued to increase throughout 2015, with volumes totalling 518,000 tonnes (t) for January to September, up 22% on the year before.
Bad publicity in Sweden for the pig meat sector in the past year – including television programmes critical of industry welfare and public debates over the heavy usage of antibiotics and tail-docking of piglets in the European Union (EU) – have depressed...
It may be a modest shipment but it is a start: 25.68 tons of frozen pork knuckle landed at Tianjin port recently – likely the first shipment from Hungary under a new deal signed last year to grant Hungary access to the Chinese market for pork.
By the end of 2014, pork imports from Germany to Ukraine could drop by 19.4% – to 29,000 tonnes (t), according to representatives of German Meat*, the joint export promotion body for the German meat industry.
Russia is planning to re-introduce duties on pork imports to protect national industry, Russian Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fedorov said at a recent meeting of the Russian Parliament (State Duma).
Russia has seen a significant rise in the import of all types of meat since joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), which analysts warn could lead the country to request changes to its import tariffs on meat products.
