Asia PacificJapan Ag Min To Meet With USDA Secretary ThursdayJapanese Agricu...

Asia Pacific
Japan Ag Min To Meet With USDA Secretary Thursday
Japanese Agriculture Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka is scheduled to sit down with U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns Thursday in Washington, D.C., and beef trade between the two countries will likely be priority topic, Japanese and U.S. government officials said.

Oceania
Australia's Trade Gap Narrows on Beef, Coal Exports
Australia's trade deficit narrowed in November on increased beef and coal shipments, signaling exports may drive growth in the Asia-Pacific region's fifth- largest economy.

US beef import market still quiet in New Zealand
As expected, activity in the US imported beef market remained very quiet last week with prices virtually unchanged.

Europe
Livestock producers to benefit from new EU members
Beef and pig producers in the UK are set to benefit from Romania and Bulgaria’s new European Union member status, according to industry experts.

Americas
Rise in Uruguayan exports
Uruguay meat sector exports reach $1.109 billion in 2006. Uuguay exported $1.109 billion worth of meat products in 2006, a rise of 24 percent on the previous year.

United States
USDA Seeks Comments On Imports Of Pork With Classical Swine Fever
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to allow the importation of uncooked pork and pork products from designated regions where classical swine fever (CSF) is considered to exist if the shipments originate in an area free of the disease.

Some Progress in Global Trade Effort
Trade envoys from the United States and Europe said on Monday that they had made progress in resolving differences to break an impasse on global trade negotiations, but they declined to say specifically where the differences had narrowed.

Asia Pacific
Japan Ag Min To Meet With USDA Secretary Thursday
Japanese Agriculture Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka is scheduled to sit down with U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns Thursday in Washington, D.C., and beef trade between the two countries will likely be priority topic, Japanese and U.S. government officials said.

Oceania
Australia's Trade Gap Narrows on Beef, Coal Exports
Australia's trade deficit narrowed in November on increased beef and coal shipments, signaling exports may drive growth in the Asia-Pacific region's fifth- largest economy.

US beef import market still quiet in New Zealand
As expected, activity in the US imported beef market remained very quiet last week with prices virtually unchanged.

Europe
Livestock producers to benefit from new EU members
Beef and pig producers in the UK are set to benefit from Romania and Bulgaria’s new European Union member status, according to industry experts.

Americas
Rise in Uruguayan exports
Uruguay meat sector exports reach $1.109 billion in 2006. Uuguay exported $1.109 billion worth of meat products in 2006, a rise of 24 percent on the previous year.

United States
USDA Seeks Comments On Imports Of Pork With Classical Swine Fever
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to allow the importation of uncooked pork and pork products from designated regions where classical swine fever (CSF) is considered to exist if the shipments originate in an area free of the disease.

Some Progress in Global Trade Effort
Trade envoys from the United States and Europe said on Monday that they had made progress in resolving differences to break an impasse on global trade negotiations, but they declined to say specifically where the differences had narrowed.