US Beef Resumes Top Place in Imports
SOUTH KOREA - US beef recently became the most popular imported beef in South Korea, outranking Australian beef for the first time in 13 years, a tally showed Sunday.
9 January 2017
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The Korea Customs Service said 13,921 tons of US beef were imported here in November, compared to 10,310 tons from Australia. They include frozen and refrigerated beef that have passed customs.
While the amount of beef imported from the US had surpassed those from Australia prior to clearing the customs process, it is the first time in 13 years that US beef has regained the No. 1 spot post-customs.
The total amount of imported beef also marked the largest since 2000 at 346,893 tons between January and November last year.
Korea had halted imports of US beef in 2003 in the wake of a mad cow disease outbreak. It lifted the ban in 2008 but the decision had led to nationwide demonstrations among people, citing concerns over their safety against the then conservative administration.
Source: The Korea Herald
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