Australia has lifted a 22-year-old ban on the import of Canadian beef and beef products, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Beef exports expected to set record
Canada Beef outlines the top international markets where products were shipped around the world in the previous year
Canada is expected to set a record year for beef export value in 2024.
Canada struggles in Korean beef market
WINNIPEG — South Korea is the most important market for American beef. In 2022, the U.S. exported US$2.7 billion worth of beef to Korea, according to data from the U.S. Meat Export Federation. That figure was $2.1 billion in 2023. In both years, U.S. exports to South Korea exceeded American beef sales to Japan. Canada […] Read more
Tyson feels beef squeeze
CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — The United States is importing record amounts of beef this year and exporting less after ranchers slashed the nation’s cattle herd to its lowest level in decades, tightening margins for meat companies like Tyson Foods. The decline in cattle, after years of drought-fried pasture, led to soaring U.S. beef prices. Higher […] Read more
Beef imports from Europe and U.K. on the decline
Canada still has a trade deficit in beef with Europe, but it is getting smaller. Trade data from Statistics Canada for the first seven months of 2023 shows that Canada exported $16.3 million worth of beef to the EU. That’s up from $12.2 million in the same period in 2022. Meanwhile, the EU exported $44 […] Read more
JBS calls for more anti-deforestation efforts
CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — Brazil needs a mandatory government program to track cattle being raised for beef to prevent deforestation, the head of the world’s largest meat company, Brazil’s JBS, said recently. Cattle ranching, along with clearing land to sell timber or grow crops, is driving deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. The destruction of rainforests, […] Read more
Work continues on China beef access
Market remains closed following an atypical BSE case in 2021, but industry says ‘incremental progress’ is being made
China, South Korea and the Philippines placed restrictions on Canadian beef imports following the 2021 BSE announcement. The latter two lifted them within weeks. Atypical BSE is naturally occurring and the case wasn’t linked to contaminated feed.
Taiwan lifts more restrictions on beef
While Taiwan is not a large export market, with Canadian beef exports valued at a little less than $14 million, it is being seen as an opportunity to build greater trading ability.
