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Joel Haggard, USMEF, says Beef and Pork Market in China is a Must for U.S.
Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:16:57 CDT
The opportunities available in Asia, especially mainland China, for the U.S. beef and pork markets have been growing since 2010. In the first four months of 2011 alone, the year-over-year beef export value jumped by 67 percent, to nearly $750 million. In today's Beef Buzz, we talk to Joel Haggard, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) senior vice president for the Asia Pacific region, about the access challenges for U.S. beef and pork.
Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China are all countries that USMEF are working with to gain full market access for beef and pork. Haggard says access conditions are still very much in flux because of various reasons, such as politics, food safety reasons or changing regulations.
Currently, there is no market access at all with mainland China for U.S. beef and pork. However, Haggard says the potential is there and the market in China is one that the U.S. can not afford to be out of. The market in China is very different from seven to eight years ago and it is continuing to move forward, Haggard says.
The Beef Buzz is a regular feature heard on radio stations around the region on the Radio Oklahoma Network- but is also a regular audio feature found on this website as well. Click on the listen bar below for today's show- and check out our archives for older Beef Buzz shows covering the gamut of the beef cattle industry today.
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