date:Jul 13, 2012
s considered, we are pleased with the manner in which beef exports have weathered the most recent BSE case, Seng said. With the exception of Saudi Arabia, we have not suffered any significant setbacks in terms of market access. And though we expected consumer interest to slow temporarily in markets such as Korea, the May export results were actually quite strong.
Seng said that while year-to-date exports to Korea were down 24 percent in volume (58,143 metric tons) and 17 percent in value ($273.