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Asia PacificS Korea May Cut Agricultural Tariff Waiver List For FTA With USS...

Published: Nov 01, 2006

Asia Pacific
S Korea May Cut Agricultural Tariff Waiver List For FTA With US
South Korea may further reduce the number of agricultural products on its tariff cut waiver list during its future talks with the United States to seal a free trade agreement (FTA), a South Korean chief negotiator said Wednesday.

Europe
Beef exports back to 700t a week - just seven months after ban
British beef exports are set to hit 30,000t in the first seven months since restrictions were lifted, with France taking half, says the Meat and Livestock Commission.

United States
US Beef Exporter Nervous On South Korea Shipment
Officials at Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC are "on pins and needles" after sending the first post-ban shipment of U.S. beef to South Korea amid widespread uncertainty over the country's import restrictions, a company vice president said Tuesday.

Pork Checkoff to hold conference to investigate the implications of distillers grains
The Pork Checkoff will host a conference titled Distillers Grains: Implications for the U.S. Pork Industry on Nov. 20, at the Marriott Downtown in Des Moines, Iowa.

Asia Pacific
S Korea May Cut Agricultural Tariff Waiver List For FTA With US
South Korea may further reduce the number of agricultural products on its tariff cut waiver list during its future talks with the United States to seal a free trade agreement (FTA), a South Korean chief negotiator said Wednesday.

Europe
Beef exports back to 700t a week - just seven months after ban
British beef exports are set to hit 30,000t in the first seven months since restrictions were lifted, with France taking half, says the Meat and Livestock Commission.

United States
US Beef Exporter Nervous On South Korea Shipment
Officials at Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC are "on pins and needles" after sending the first post-ban shipment of U.S. beef to South Korea amid widespread uncertainty over the country's import restrictions, a company vice president said Tuesday.

Pork Checkoff to hold conference to investigate the implications of distillers grains
The Pork Checkoff will host a conference titled Distillers Grains: Implications for the U.S. Pork Industry on Nov. 20, at the Marriott Downtown in Des Moines, Iowa.