The Philippines' growing reliance on imported meat is reflected in the 23.86% import growth recorded in the first two months.

Broiler meat production in China is forecast to increase 1% or by 700,000 tonnes to 11.7 million tonnes in 2018 compared with 2017.

Poultry meat produced in the UK increased 1% (13,600 tonnes) year-on-year in 2017, to 1.8 million tonnes, according to data from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), as reported by AHDB Pork.

Easter is a boon to egg producers and sellers, and people in Britain are expected to eat a whopping 180 million hen eggs, or 45 million eggs a day, over the long weekend, according to figures released by the British Egg Industry Council (BEIC).

South Korea has agreed to allow trade restrictions only at the state level instead of country level in the event of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) detection in the US.

Retail egg sales in the UK last year topped the 6-billion mark for the first time in 40 years, according to the latest data issued by British Lion eggs, a UK food safety mark.

US pork production in the first four months increased 4.6% to nearly 4 million tonnes compared with the same period last year, and is on track to meet the USDA forecast of 12.2 million tonnes this year, compared with 11.6 million tonnes in 2017.

The EU remains as the world's largest exporter and importer of agri-food products as its agri-food trade last year was valued at €255 billion (US$300.086 billion).

Canadian pork exports decreased 3% to 240,000 tonnes in the first quarter, compared with the same period last year.

US beef exports set a new monthly value record in March and pork export value reached the second-highest level on record.

The Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) has warned local consumers that Indian buffalo meat, which was reportedly being sold in several wet markets Metro Manila, was unfit for human consumption unless it is processed.

The UK's meat sector is on a trade "offensive" in Southeast Asia as it sent a two-day British Meat Trade Mission to the Philippines last week and is showcasing its quality red meat at an international trade show in Singapore this week.

The US dairy industry welcomes the Trump administration's move to renegotiate the NAFTA agreement - but, this development should not lead to a trade war with Mexico, according to Beth Ford, the chief operating officer of Land O'Lakes Businesses.

Nutriad announced it has reached an agreement with Watanabe Chemicals to distribute its products in Japan.

Australian chilled grassfed beef is making significant inroads into the US as the demand from health-conscious consumers for "all natural" products is on the rise.

Trident Seafoods, the US' largest seafood company, is changing its marketing strategy in China by selling Alaska seafood directly to Chinese consumers, Xinhua reported, citing an online report by Alaska's Energy Desk.

China has surpassed the US as the biggest importer of Vietnamese pangasius as its purchase of the white fish grew 43% to US$145 million in the first four months, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters & Producers said.

Thailand has become one of the world's largest fishery exporters, but an increasing shortage of domestic raw materials has driven this Southeast Asia country to become a large importer of fish products to serve its fishery processing for export.

The Philippine meat-processing industry has now reached an estimated P300 billion (US$5.9 billion) in sales, growing steadily by at least 10% annually and may even expand by more than 12% as the country's per-capita GDP nears the $3,500 mark, according to the Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI), as reported by the Business Mirror.

China's pork producer, WH Group, has disclosed a 1% increase in net profit for the first half of 2017 - a disappointing result dashing analysts' expectations, the South China Morning Post reported.

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