No Changes In US-Korea Beef Agreement
US - The accidental reprinting of a two-year-old news article announcing the beef access agreement between the United States and South Korea has created some confusion regarding the status of that agreement.
17 May 2010
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The article, originally printed in Ag Weekly in the spring of 2008, has been reprinted in recent days by a variety of news outlets, causing some to speculate that the agreement between the US and South Korea has changed. In fact, there have been no changes to the agreement.
US beef sales to Korea continue to rebound. For the first three months of 2010, total beef (muscle cuts plus variety meat) exports are up 24 per cent in value and 11 per cent in volume versus 2009. In March alone, the value of exports topped $28.5 million, a 112 per cent increase over March of last year while volume hit 6,026 metric tons (13.3 million pounds), a 58 per cent jump.
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