Due to a BSE case reported in February, Spain has temporarily lost access for cattle and certain beef products to the Ukrainian market, announced the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Food (MAPA) after being notified by the Ukrainian embassy. ""Following the declaration of a positive case of atypical BSE in Spain last February, the Health Authorities of Ukraine, through our Embassy in Kiev, have informed us that the importation into Ukraine of bovine cattle is temporarily prohibited of Spain as well as fresh meat with bone and mechanically separated meat", announced MAPA Spain. Nevertheless, the following products that can continue exporting: Milk. Read more...
Russia’s committee on customs and tariff regulation, headed by the Minister for Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin, has decided to start applying full customs duties on beef imported from Brazil and Paraguay“to get the price of importers in line with the. Read more...
EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmström refused to rule beef out of a new trade deal between the EU and a host of South American countries.It comes as Commissioner Hogan said this week thatat South American beef would be ‘off the menu’ and would be withdrawn from the current negotiations with the Mercosur trading bloc. However, in response to a questioning from a number of Irish MEP’s Commissioner Cecilia Malmström refused to confirm the announcement. She said that Mercosur was a fantastic export market opportunityfor the EU with a population totalling 250m people. She added that there were hugeopportunities for. Read more...
‘Deep alarm’ has been expressedat progress on a Mercosur trade deal between the EU and South America, which includes proposals for a tariff rate quota for beef. ICSA president Patrick Kent has said its worst fears are beginning to crystallise with a proposal which he says would be utterly disastrous for the beef sector here. According to Kent, a tariff rate quota implies thousands of tons of tariff-free South American beef ‘flooding’ the EU market which will be devastating for Irish beef exports. “I am calling on the Minister for Trade Richard Bruton to immediately make strong representations that Ireland will not accept beef being sold out. Read more...
New figures show that the US imported more beef last year than any of the previous 11 years, up 50% on 2013 figures.The US imported 1.08m tonnes of beef in 2015, according to figures from the AHDB (the organisation for beef and lamb in the UK). This marks a considerable change for the US beef industry, as it is now dependent on imports to meet its beef demand. The US previously produced about 100,000t more beef than its domestic market required, but due to aseven-year decline in its cattle herd,it had to import almost 360,000t of beef last year to satisfy the markets demand. Changes in the currency market also had a negative impact on the US beef industry, making. Read more...
The US looks unlikely to reopen imminently to Brazilian fresh beef exports, Rabobank said – boding well for shipments from rival origins, and prospects for Australian cattle prices to remain close to record highs. "Authorities" in Brazil believe the country will win renewed access to the US for its fresh beef exports "in the first half of the year", Rabobank said. However, "US sources believe that access will not be granted until the second half of the year," a delay which would give extra scope for Australian shipments to what has been its biggest market since 2014. Australia's beef industry is particularly sensitive to. Read more...
The Netherlands has beencleared to export beefto the US market, making it the third EU country after Ireland and Lithuania to gain access.The US market closed to EU beef imports after the BSE outbreak in the 1990s. EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis, said that he welcomed the move as a sign of recognition for the EU’s comprehensive andeffective measures to eradicate BSEin Europe. “I hope the US will now act expeditiously to extend the approval to all imports from the EU and I call on the remaining EU partners who still maintain restrictive measures to fully adopt recognised international standards. The EU Commissioner. Read more...
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