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Conaway, Rouzer Praise U.S.-China Beef Agreement

Dan Beef, Exports/Imports, Industry News Release, Trade

Following the announcement that the U.S. and China have finalized an agreement allowing for American beef exports, House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) and Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman David Rouzer (NC-07) made the below comments: “As one of the world’s largest importers of beef, China has long been an area of great opportunity for the U.S. …

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U.S., China Finalize Details to Send U.S. Beef to China

Dan Beef, Exports/Imports, Industry News Release

As part of the U.S.-China 100-Day Action plan announced on May 11, 2017, by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin, the Trump Administration has taken important steps toward commercial shipment of U.S. beef and beef products to China for the first time since 2003.  These shipments are results of the U.S.-China Comprehensive …

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Record Volume for U.S. Pork Exports in March; Beef Exports Remain Strong

Dan Beef, Cattle, Export/Import, Industry News Release, Pork

U.S. pork and beef exports capped a strong first quarter with excellent March results that included a new record volume for pork, according to statistics released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Pork exports reached 227,955 metric tons (mt) in March, up 16 percent year-over-year and topping the previous monthly high set in November 2016. …

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Agri View: China and Beef Exports

Dan Agri View, Beef

  Everett Griner talks about beef exports to China possibly beginning soon in today’s Agri View.   Most people know that China is one of America’s best export customers. China buys a lot of farm goods. Cotton, corn, tree nuts just to name a few. But most people don’t know is China does not import U.S. beef. They have not …

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U.S. Beef Faces Technical Barriers before Heading to China

Dan Beef, Export/Import

We’ve discussed this week the fact that talks this past weekend between President Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping resulted in a deal in principal to allow U.S. beef into China for the first time since the U.S. outbreak of BSE back in 2003. Kent Bacus, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association director of international trade, discusses the process for regaining access …