EU to Accept Australian Beef under Duty-Free Quota
EU to Accept Australian Beef under Duty-Free Quota
Today the European Commission confirmed that the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) is authorized to certify beef that is in conformity with the requirements of EU Regulation 620/2009. This will allow import of some Australian beef into the EU on a duty-free basis.
Regulation 620/2009 came into force in August 2009 and was opened for up to 20,000 metric tons of high-quality beef that meets certain feeding and quality specifications as defined in the regulation. The quota is open to all origins, but initially only FSIS was authorized by the EU to certify beef as eligible. From August 2009 to January 2010, 6,499 metric tons worth of import licenses were delivered to EU importers for high-quality beef originating from the United States.
It is not expected that any duty-free beef will be shipped to the EU from Australia until at least the 100 days outlined in the regulation’s feeding requirement have passed, along with the time required to process and ship such beef. While small air shipments might be made by mid-June, shipments by sea are not expected to arrive in the EU before late June or early July.
Australia ships about 7,000 metric tons of high-quality beef per year to the EU under the older “Hilton” quota, which is subject to a 20 percent customs import duty. It remains to be seen whether beef currently shipped under this quota from grass-fed cattle might be switched to the duty-free quota, or whether duty-free access to the EU will generate new business for Australia.
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The U.S. Meat Export Federation (www.USMEF.org) is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, corn and soybean checkoff programs.
For more information, contact Jim Herlihy at jherlihy@usmef.org.
USMEF complies with all equal opportunity, non-discrimination and affirmative action measures applicable to it by contract, government rule or regulation or as otherwise provided by law.
EU to Accept Australian Beef under Duty-Free Quota
Today the European Commission confirmed that the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) is authorized to certify beef that is in conformity with the requirements of EU Regulation 620/2009. This will allow import of some Australian beef into the EU on a duty-free basis.
Regulation 620/2009 came into force in August 2009 and was opened for up to 20,000 metric tons of high-quality beef that meets certain feeding and quality specifications as defined in the regulation. The quota is open to all origins, but initially only FSIS was authorized by the EU to certify beef as eligible. From August 2009 to January 2010, 6,499 metric tons worth of import licenses were delivered to EU importers for high-quality beef originating from the United States.
It is not expected that any duty-free beef will be shipped to the EU from Australia until at least the 100 days outlined in the regulation’s feeding requirement have passed, along with the time required to process and ship such beef. While small air shipments might be made by mid-June, shipments by sea are not expected to arrive in the EU before late June or early July.
Australia ships about 7,000 metric tons of high-quality beef per year to the EU under the older “Hilton” quota, which is subject to a 20 percent customs import duty. It remains to be seen whether beef currently shipped under this quota from grass-fed cattle might be switched to the duty-free quota, or whether duty-free access to the EU will generate new business for Australia.
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The U.S. Meat Export Federation (www.USMEF.org) is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, corn and soybean checkoff programs.
For more information, contact Jim Herlihy at jherlihy@usmef.org.
USMEF complies with all equal opportunity, non-discrimination and affirmative action measures applicable to it by contract, government rule or regulation or as otherwise provided by law.