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Despite a regain in consumer interest for imported pork, ostensibly because of bird flu, South Korea’s pork imports slightly decreased over the past year, both overall and from the U.S. Contrastingly, beef imports volumes have surged, with the U.S. product…
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has unveiled that the first large-scale purchase of an Australian cattle ranch – for beef production – by a Vietnamese company has been made, in the Northern Territory, south of Katherine. The purchase of the US$13.6 million…
The two pre-packed premium steak lines are listed in Park N Shop, Fusion, Taste and International stores in the territory and Macau and are available now. The launch is supported by publicity and PR. This launch comes after major successes for UK lamb, beef…
Indonesia is considering to import cows from Mexico and negotiations are now underway for that, an agriculture ministry official disclosed on Wednesday. “Private parties and a local government were currently in the process of negotiations,” Syukur Iwantoro,…
The Trade Ministry says it will set reference prices for a number of basic food items at the consumer level, including beef. Writing in today’s Agri Commodities Daily Alert, Comm Bank’s Tobin Gorey said the policy announced yesterday was effectively a…
Since late last year, premium Korean beef, called Hanwoo, has been making its way onto menus in some Hong Kong restaurants, as the city is one of the first places allowed to import it. Hanwoo refers to cattle indigenous to Korea which are raised only in the…
Indonesias Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro said the surge in beef smuggling or illegal beef imports in 2016 have risen to 385.5 tons. “In 2015, Indonesia managed to prevent 23.4 tons (of beef being imported illegally). Until June 2016 we have foiled…
Speaking during last week’s inaugural Beef Festival in Chongqing, China’s largest metropolis, Feng Jiyu, general manager of Hengdou Agriculture Co, which operates a beef processor of the same name, said the company had been establishing a nationwide network…
