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Japan

USMEF Welcomes Long-Awaited U.S. Beef Shipment To Tokyo

Japanese media gathered last Friday at Yusen, an air and freight company in Denver, to send off a 285-pound shipment of U.S. beef from four meat packing companies scheduled to arrive on Sunday in Tokyo.

USMEF President and CEO Phil Seng, along with Japanese officials and media, were at Narita International Airport in Tokyo on Sunday to meet the U.S. beef shipment, welcoming U.S. beef back to Japan after an almost two-year absence.

USMEF will serve the U.S. beef at a luncheon of kansha or thankfulness on Wednesday for those who were instrumental in reopening the Japanese market to U.S. beef.   

South Korea

South Korea Announces Negotiations To Resume U.S. Beef Imports

The South Korean Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry (MAF) announced today plans to begin negotiations on sanitary conditions for import of U.S. beef between government officials from the United States and South Korea.

A MAF official explained a preliminary meeting on negotiations for import resumption with the United States will begin right away, and substantial negotiations would follow at the beginning of next year.

Worldwide

U.S. Pork Exports Up 16 Percent In Volume, 22 Percent In Value

U.S. pork (including variety meat) exports were 16 percent higher in volume, at 948,162 metric tons (mt), in the first 10 months of 2005, compared to the same period in 2004, and 22 percent higher in value at $2.17 billion. U.S. pork (including variety meat) exports to Japan were 15 percent higher in volume (298,440 mt) and 14 percent higher in value ($924.2 million). Mexico was the No. 2 market despite a 7 percent decrease in volume to 267,486 mt and value to $413.1 million.

A detailed breakdown of Jan.-Oct. 2005 pork export figures is available on the USMEF Web site.

U.S. Beef Exports Up 54 Percent Over 2004

Mexico was the No. 1 market for U.S. beef (including variety meat) exports in the first 10 months of 2005. U.S. exports to Mexico totaled 221,537 mt, a 52 percent increase over the first 10 months of 2004 when the market was closed for a period of time. The value of U.S. beef (including variety meat) exports to Mexico climbed 62 percent to $681.5 million. Canada was the second largest destination for U.S. beef (including variety meat) exports (36,737 mt; $154.3 million), just ahead of the European Union (29,348 mt; $29.2 million).

According to the USDA, U.S. beef (including variety meat) exports for Jan.-Oct. 2005 were 54 percent higher at 374,281 mt compared to 243,628 mt in the first 10 months of 2004 and 1,092,653 mt in Jan.-Oct., 2003. The value of exports rose 76 percent from $602.9 million in 2004 to $1.06 billion this year, but remained far short of the $3.26 billion in Jan.-Oct. 2003).

A detailed breakdown of Jan.-Oct. 2005 beef export figures is available on the USMEF Web site.

Japan

USMEF Welcomes Long-Awaited U.S. Beef Shipment To Tokyo

Japanese media gathered last Friday at Yusen, an air and freight company in Denver, to send off a 285-pound shipment of U.S. beef from four meat packing companies scheduled to arrive on Sunday in Tokyo.

USMEF President and CEO Phil Seng, along with Japanese officials and media, were at Narita International Airport in Tokyo on Sunday to meet the U.S. beef shipment, welcoming U.S. beef back to Japan after an almost two-year absence.

USMEF will serve the U.S. beef at a luncheon of kansha or thankfulness on Wednesday for those who were instrumental in reopening the Japanese market to U.S. beef.   

South Korea

South Korea Announces Negotiations To Resume U.S. Beef Imports

The South Korean Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry (MAF) announced today plans to begin negotiations on sanitary conditions for import of U.S. beef between government officials from the United States and South Korea.

A MAF official explained a preliminary meeting on negotiations for import resumption with the United States will begin right away, and substantial negotiations would follow at the beginning of next year.

Worldwide

U.S. Pork Exports Up 16 Percent In Volume, 22 Percent In Value

U.S. pork (including variety meat) exports were 16 percent higher in volume, at 948,162 metric tons (mt), in the first 10 months of 2005, compared to the same period in 2004, and 22 percent higher in value at $2.17 billion. U.S. pork (including variety meat) exports to Japan were 15 percent higher in volume (298,440 mt) and 14 percent higher in value ($924.2 million). Mexico was the No. 2 market despite a 7 percent decrease in volume to 267,486 mt and value to $413.1 million.

A detailed breakdown of Jan.-Oct. 2005 pork export figures is available on the USMEF Web site.

U.S. Beef Exports Up 54 Percent Over 2004

Mexico was the No. 1 market for U.S. beef (including variety meat) exports in the first 10 months of 2005. U.S. exports to Mexico totaled 221,537 mt, a 52 percent increase over the first 10 months of 2004 when the market was closed for a period of time. The value of U.S. beef (including variety meat) exports to Mexico climbed 62 percent to $681.5 million. Canada was the second largest destination for U.S. beef (including variety meat) exports (36,737 mt; $154.3 million), just ahead of the European Union (29,348 mt; $29.2 million).

According to the USDA, U.S. beef (including variety meat) exports for Jan.-Oct. 2005 were 54 percent higher at 374,281 mt compared to 243,628 mt in the first 10 months of 2004 and 1,092,653 mt in Jan.-Oct., 2003. The value of exports rose 76 percent from $602.9 million in 2004 to $1.06 billion this year, but remained far short of the $3.26 billion in Jan.-Oct. 2003).

A detailed breakdown of Jan.-Oct. 2005 beef export figures is available on the USMEF Web site.