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Latest industry news and updates from the meatborsa team.
EU-China Pork Tariffs Escalate: Up to 62.4% Duties. Update & Reactions
China’s preliminary anti-dumping tariffs on EU pork slash access to a $2bn market, with offal hardest hit.
EU Clears Brazil of Bird Flu, Opening Poultry Trade Doors
Europe has officially recognized Brazil as bird-flu free, paving the way for more Brazilian chicken exports to the EU.
Market Pulse: Bulgaria Blocks Tainted Poultry; EU Reopens to Brazilian Chicken; FAO Meat Index Peaks; Romania Invests; UK Exports Climb
Fresh food-safety actions and shifting trade flows collide with record meat prices—here’s what EU processors, traders and retailers should do this week.
China’s New Tariffs on EU Pork
What It Means for Farmers, Exporters, and the Global Meat Market
Navigating Europe’s 2025 Meat Market: From Classic Cuts to New Trends
Explore the 2025 meat market: from steak online and halal beef meat to pork vendors and meat companies offering beef, lamb, poultry, and goat products.
Market Pulse: China’s Pork Tariffs Hit EU; FAO Meat Prices at Record; AVEC Presses for Import Shields; EU–Mercosur Deal Revived (Poland Objects)
Trade shocks and policy moves reshape Q4 risk for EU pork and poultry; one eye on Mercosur, the other on China.
Britain’s Meat Smuggling Crisis
MPs warn that illegal EU imports are slipping through and threatening food safety.
55,000 Pigs Culled — But Processors Still Pay for ASF Losses
Pig farms in Estonia receive state support for culling due to African swine fever (ASF), but meat producers must cover all losses themselves.
Market Pulse: Bulgaria Halts Tainted Chicken, Hilton Foods Reports Growth, and French Halal Leader Acquired
Insights on a Bulgarian import stop, Hilton Foods' retail success, and a major private equity deal in the French halal sector.
Market Pulse: Eastern Europe Drought Hits Feed Supply, UK-EU Trade Deal Welcomed, and Vion Restructures in Germany
Insights on Eastern Europe's feed crisis, a new UK-EU trade agreement, and Vion's major restructuring in the German beef market.
Chicken Prices Push Up Meat Inflation
Chicken led the rise in UK meat and poultry costs this August, with shoppers feeling the squeeze.
EU-Mercosur Deal Faces Strong Opposition
The European Commission is set to adopt the EU-Mercosur trade deal, but farmers, NGOs, and lawmakers are raising concerns and preparing challenges.