…The talks began after South Korea lifted its ban on U.S. imports of shell eggs after an avian influenza outbreak in America during 2015. More than 30 million birds have…
Ethanol Exports Continue to Surge in November
…of imports from the U.S. Canada scaled back from the prior month as 24.8 mg (20% of U.S. ethanol exports) moved north of the border in November. Meanwhile China increased…
Dedicated Energy Crops and Competition for Agricultural Land
…4.0 percent, and prices increase 1.9 to 3.5 percent. Crop exports decline to compensate for most of the decline in production, with small changes in consumption and imports. Percentage increases…
China Banning Poultry Imports Due To HPAI
Officials in several regions of China are placing bans on poultry imports from several areas over concerns about the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. The Hong Kong Center for…
Administration Still Fighting for Beef Producers
…1980s when Europe banned American beef imports that were treated with growth hormones. The E.U. lost the case when it went before the World Trade Organization in 1998. The European…
U.S. Dairy Exports Quadruple in Value Over 10 years
…especially in China, and a Russian ban on dairy imports. Other factors include a stronger U.S. dollar and the discontinuation of milk supply quotas in the European Union. From the…
No Actions Under Feedstock Flexibility Program
…the Feedstock Flexibility Program in fiscal year 2017. USDA will closely monitor domestic sugar stocks, consumption, imports and other sugar market variables on an ongoing basis, and will continue to…
HPAI Outbreaks in Asia, Europe Prompting Biosecurity Measures
…product imports. South Korea has confirmed 22 million birds have been culled in the wake of several outbreaks over the last month and Taiwan has ordered a slaughterhouse to be…
USCA Requests Status on U.S. Beef Trade with China
…consumes around 13 percent of the world’s beef and is expected to increase their imports of red meat by nearly 24 percent in 2016, as compared to previous years. From…
NCBA Applauds USTR for Defending U.S. Beef from European Mistreatment
…new duty-free quota for imports of specially-produced beef to compensate the United States for losses arising from the E.U.’s ban on the use of hormones in beef production. Imports under…
Obama Admin Takes Action to Address EU’s Unfair Trade Practices against Beef Industry
…imports is not based on science, discriminates against American beef producers U.S. beef industry exports average $6 billion per year, producing an estimated $7.6 billion in economic activity and supporting…
Foreign Trade Negotiator Says U.S. Will Restore TPP, Eventually
…such as with Japan over beef imports, “are just going to get wider and wider apart from the U.S., to their disadvantage,” according to Robb. He says pressure from the…
Consumers Set to Benefit from Lower Global Meat Prices
…competitive markets are expected to push down current prices, while global meat consumption continues to rise. Rabobank also expects China to maintain record levels of pork imports into next year….
China Proposes New Food Safety Rules on Imports
…a push by China to increase its oversight of the country’s large food supply chain. The new rule for shipping food imports into China will require imports to have health…