Japan Agreement – Good Start, Much Work To Do

Suggested Lead: An agreement reached over the weekend between the governments of Japan and the United States doesn’t mean that U.S. beef exports to what was our number one market in 2003 will start immediately, according U.S. Meat Export Federation president and CEO Philip Seng. Still, the agreement is significant …

USMEF continues to study the agreement to better assess its impact … and while Seng says there is still a lot of work to do …

Seng says the U.S. industry will produce products for Japan under a so-called beef export verification, of BEV, program such as those already in place for Canada and Mexico …

USMEF will work with USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service to help its members understand the requirements of the agreement and the steps they will have to take to take advantage of it.

The U.S. Meat Export Federation 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, sorghum and soybean checkoff programs.

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