Japan beef imports approaching pre-BSE levels – but what does it mean for tariffs?
It’s taken 14 years to do it, but Japan this year is on track to import close to 550,000 tonnes of beef from all offshore suppliers – the largest volume since 2003, when the country’s appetite for beef collapsed due to concerns over BSE. Both the US and Australia are recording strong growth in trade to Japan this year, as its consumers ‘re-discover’ beef.
