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Asia Pacific

 

Beef Shipments to South Asia Mixed
Australia sees beef exports to southern Asia rise by 10 per cent over the last year.

 

‘Snapback’ tariff could cost cattle producers millions
Australian cattle producers estimate a new tariff passed by Japanese Parliament recently, will cost them millions of dollars.

 

Americas

 

Brazil 2002 GDP up to 1.32 trillion reais -IBGE
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, March 27 (Reuters) - Brazil's gross domestic product totaled 1.32 trillion reais ($388 billion) in 2002 in market price terms as expressed in local currency, up from 1.2 trillion a year earlier, the Brazilian Statistics Institute (IBGE) said on Thursday.\

 

Europe

 

Quality Meat Scotland admits timetable setback for labelling of beef and lamb 
Jan Polley, the chief executive of Quality Meat Scotland expects that January 2004 is the likely date when Scotland is granted protected geographical indication by the European Union.

 

USA

 

Cow slaughter increases in 2003
Continuing drought and dwindling forage supplies forced increases in cow slaughter during the first two months of this year. Kansas State University livestock marketing specialist Jim Mintert says cow slaughter nationwide was 8.5 percent larger through late February than the same period of 2002. He says this could be an early indication that cow-calf producers will not begin expanding their herds this year.