date:May 21, 2012
ort from the US during the first half of 2012 may rise by almost by two times compared to the level of the same period of 2011, from 14,000 tonnes (t) to 24-26,000t.
Exports of US beef to Russia only resumed in early 2008 after a five-year ban following a previous outbreak of BSE in the US. According to Russias Federal statistic service, Rosstat, Russia was importing 61,000t of US beef before the ban. In 2011 it imported about 35,000t.
Figures from the US International Trade Commission sugge