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Monday, April 7, 2008
Japan beef imports up 7 percent
April 7, 2008 Japan beef imports up 7 percent   Japan's beef imports totalled 32,567 tonnes swt in February, up 7 percent from the same month last year. Shipments from Australia stayed the same as last year's at 25,937 tonnes while US shipm ...
Friday, March 7, 2008
Japan lowers beef imports by 31 percent in January on strong global prices
March 7, 2008 Japan lowers beef imports by 31 percent in January on strong global prices Japan only imported a total of 26,577 tonnes swt of beef in January, down 31 percent on year on high import costs. Imports from Australia totalled 21,2 ...
Monday, March 3, 2008
Japan suspends beef imports from Smithfield factory
March 3, 2008 Japan suspends beef imports from Smithfield factory Japan's farm ministry said Friday (February 29, 2008) it has suspended beef imports from a factory owned by a unit of Smithfield Foods Inc. (SFD) because the factory shipped ...
Monday, January 14, 2008
Japan lifts ban on beef imports from Cargill plant
January 14, 2008 Japan lifts ban on beef imports from Cargill plant   Japan's agricultural ministry said on Friday (January 11, 2008) it has removed a ban, effective the same day, on beef imports from one of the plants of US agribusiness gi ...
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Japan insists on age restrictions for US beef imports
December 11, 2007 Japan insists on age restrictions for US beef imports Japan has refused to budge on its insistence that it would allow US beef imports if it came from cattle less than 20 months or younger. Japan's Vice Farm Minister Toshi ...
Monday, December 10, 2007
Japan may relax rules on US beef imports
December 10, 2007 Japan may relax rules on US beef imports Japan will consider easing restrictions on US beef imports, in what seemed to be an apparent compromise after months of pressure from Washington to do so, according to a report by K ...
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Japan suspends beef imports from Cargill's Kansas plant
October 18, 2007 Japan suspends beef imports from Cargill's Kansas plant Japan has slapped a temporary ban on beef imports from Cargill Inc.' plant in Dodge City, Kansas, as recent shipments from it included meat that may have been taken fr ...
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Japan ups US beef imports by 6 percent in August
October 4, 2007 Japan ups US beef imports by 6 percent in August Japan bought 35,884 tonnes of US beef (excluding offals) in August, up 6 percent, according to the Japan's Ministry of Finance. The presence of US beef in Japan further increa ...
Monday, August 6, 2007
Japan may relax age limit rules on US beef imports
August 6, 2007 Japan may relax age limit rules on US beef imports Japan is seen to ease its age limit on US beef imports after the two countries ended their two-day working-level talks in Tokyo. Japanese delegates said they find no serious ...
Monday, July 9, 2007
Japan's US beef imports rise to 50 percent in June
July 9, 2007 Japan's US beef imports rise to 50 percent in June Relaxed inspection process has hiked US beef exports to Japan by 4,311 tonnes in June, or fifty percent more in May, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. The regulation to ...
Friday, July 6, 2007
Japan May beef imports up 25 percent on-year
July 6, 2007 Japan May beef imports up 25 percent on-year   Japan imported 42,778 tonnes of beef in May, up 25 percent on-year, according to Meat & Livestock Australia Limited (MLA).   Frozen items mainly accounted for the increase, registe ...
Monday, June 25, 2007
Japan, US to hold meetings over American beef imports this week
June 25, 2007 Japan, US to hold meetings over American beef imports this week   Japan and the US will hold a two-day technical meeting on American beef imports this week, officials said Monday (Jun 25), amid expectations the talks may pave ...
Friday, June 8, 2007
Japan slows beef imports in April but higher on Q1
June 8, 2007 Japan slows beef imports in April but higher on Q1 Data from the Japanese Ministry of Finance showed Japan has imported 42,043 tonnes slaughterweight (swt) of beef in April 2007, 1 percent below the previous year but its total ...
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Japan declines US request to end beef imports age limit
May 17, 2007 Japan declines US request to end beef imports age limit Japan has disapproved the US request to eliminate a cattle age limit on American beef imports, Japanese officials said Wednesday (May 16). US Agriculture Secretary Mike Jo ...
Friday, May 11, 2007
Japan's beef imports lower in March
May 11, 2007 Japan's beef imports lower in March Japan's beef imports in March were 13 percent lower from the same period last year or 41,847 tonnes due to its US beef ban in January 2006 and surge of imports from Australia, data from the J ...

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