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Surge of EU pork into Asia shows no sign of subsiding
2015-06-15 16:14:00| National Hog Farmer
By U.S. Meat Export Federation Staff More than 16 months have passed since the European Union’s pork industry lost access to Russia – traditionally its largest export market – due to findings of African swine fever (ASF) in some EU member states. In recent years Russia had taken annual volumes approaching – and sometimes exceeding – 500,000 metric tons (mt) of EU pork and 250,000 mt of pork fat. Similar to the manner in which Mexico offers an important, nearby market for U.S. pork, Russia was a critical, mainstay destination for the European pork industry. read more
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