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All Rights Reserved Sitemap :: Circulation :: Syndication :: Advertising :: About Us :: Terms of Use Prices for finished pigs are running at 2p per kilo ahead of this date last year at almost 108p per kilo, but the pork industry has been through a difficult in period in recent months. For many weeks, the price hovered around 100p per kilo, a level at which there is little profit. Even now, the UK return is still 1p below the European Union average, despite the fact that producers have to obey significantly higher welfare standards than elsewhere in Europe with the exception of Sweden. Meanwhile, the deficit between exports and imports continues to widen, according to recently published figures collated by the Meat & Livestock Commission. In the first five months of this year, total imports of pork amounted to 171,929 tonnes compared to 166,329 tonnes in the equivalent period in 2005. Almost all of those imports came from EU member states, with Denmark leading the way with 80,963 tonnes, an increase of 15,000 tonnes. There was also a rise in trade with the Netherlands and Germany. However, imports from the Irish Republic declined by 4000 tonnes to 12,855 tonnes. There was some slightly better news regarding imports of bacon and ham, where the total in the January to end of May period slipped from 114,359 tonnes to 108,681 tonnes. The significant feature of the bacon trade is that imports from the Netherlands fell from 60,841 tonnes to 47,729 tonnes, while trade with Denmark was broadly stable at 37,792 tonnes. In contrast, Germany saw its exports to the UK step up from 4835 tonnes to almost 12,000 tonnes. Prices for finished pigs are running at 2p per kilo ahead of this date last year at almost 108p per kilo, but the pork industry has been through a difficult in period in recent months. For many weeks, the price hovered around 100p per kilo, a level at which there is little profit. Even now, the UK return is still 1p below the European Union average, despite the fact that producers have to obey significantly higher welfare standards than elsewhere in Europe with the exception of Sweden. Meanwhile, the deficit between exports and imports continues to widen, according to recently published figures collated by the Meat & Livestock Commission. In the first five months of this year, total imports of pork amounted to 171,929 tonnes compared to 166,329 tonnes in the equivalent period in 2005. Almost all of those imports came from EU member states, with Denmark leading the way with 80,963 tonnes, an increase of 15,000 tonnes. There was also a rise in trade with the Netherlands and Germany. However, imports from the Irish Republic declined by 4000 tonnes to 12,855 tonnes. There was some slightly better news regarding imports of bacon and ham, where the total in the January to end of May period slipped from 114,359 tonnes to 108,681 tonnes. The significant feature of the bacon trade is that imports from the Netherlands fell from 60,841 tonnes to 47,729 tonnes, while trade with Denmark was broadly stable at 37,792 tonnes. In contrast, Germany saw its exports to the UK step up from 4835 tonnes to almost 12,000 tonnes. Prices for finished pigs are running at 2p per kilo ahead of this date last year at almost 108p per kilo, but the pork industry has been through a difficult in period in recent months. For many weeks, the price hovered around 100p per kilo, a level at which there is little profit. Even now, the UK return is still 1p below the European Union average, despite the fact that producers have to obey significantly higher welfare standards than elsewhere in Europe with the exception of Sweden. Meanwhile, the deficit between exports and imports continues to widen, according to recently published figures collated by the Meat & Livestock Commission. In the first five months of this year, total imports of pork amounted to 171,929 tonnes compared to 166,329 tonnes in the equivalent period in 2005. Almost all of those imports came from EU member states, with Denmark leading the way with 80,963 tonnes, an increase of 15,000 tonnes. There was also a rise in trade with the Netherlands and Germany. However, imports from the Irish Republic declined by 4000 tonnes to 12,855 tonnes. There was some slightly better news regarding imports of bacon and ham, where the total in the January to end of May period slipped from 114,359 tonnes to 108,681 tonnes. The significant feature of the bacon trade is that imports from the Netherlands fell from 60,841 tonnes to 47,729 tonnes, while trade with Denmark was broadly stable at 37,792 tonnes. In contrast, Germany saw its exports to the UK step up from 4835 tonnes to almost 12,000 tonnes