One country’s misfortune could turn out to benefit beef producers in this country with a recent delegation from China to the UK stating they were now reluctant to import from Japan following March’s earthquake and subsequent nuclear disaster.
The delegates from Henan Provincial Animal Husbandry Bureau met representatives of the National Beef Association who said that it was now more important than ever for the UK to secure a beef export certificate for China.
Hamish McBean, temporary chairman of the NBA, said it was obvious there was a massive demand for premium beef products although it was equally obvious the visitors wanted their country to become self-sufficient in beef.
Currently China imports from Japan, the USA and Canada and home production would need to double before it became self-sufficient.
Provided the UK could secure the much sought-after export certificate for China, there was, claimed McBean, very clearly a market for the best of British beef.
The Chinese delegates, he added, focused on how they could improve the quality and quantity of their beef production, looking at genetics, feeding and meat processing.
By Andrew Arbuckle (The Scotsman)
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