date:May 25, 2012
as been gradually gaining market share back from Australia in its key market of Japan, which stopped imports of U.S. beef after the first BSE case in the U.S. in 2003.
Seng looks for an 18 to 20% increase in beef exports to Japan this year over last, based on volume. Korea, which has signed a free trade agreement with the U.S., is likely to increase beef exports by 4%. Russia, which is in the process of entering the World Trade Organization, is expected to boost imports by 9%. And the Middle E