Australia's beef exports to Japan remain sluggish

Lead: Sydney, May 13 (Reuters) - Australia's beef exports to Japan fell 54% in March from a year earlier, while the U.S beef exports to Japan fell only 30% over the same period Japan imported 41427 tons of beef in March, up 28% from February, but still down 41% from the same period last year The main reasons for this situation are: the fear of mad cow disease makes the demand for beef decrease; the influence of the event of "origin camouflage" of meat products in Japanese market; the increase of domestic meat production in Japan, etc Australian beef accounted for 37% of Japan's total imports in March, of which 10777 tons were fresh frozen meat and the other 47,26 tons were frozen meat Australia's exports of frozen beef to Japan fell 66% as Japan's domestic supply of high discount meat increased Last week after the "Golden Week" holiday, the Japanese beef wholesale market was calm The price of grass fed beef fell 30 yen per kilogram to 555 yen per kilogram The following is the price breakdown of Australian beef exported to Japan last week: unit: US cents / pound CIF figures in brackets are the prices of the same period of last year 119 (132) fresh ice grass feeding all parts, 203 (219) fresh ice grass feeding upper brain, 264 (268) fresh ice grass feeding beef fillet, 475 (515) Frozen shoulder and neck 97 (96) frozen brisket 107 (117) frozen pre / post beef mix 92 (91) frozen needle steak 117 (130) frozen pork chop 107 (113) frozen breast 82 (84) (author:) Share to feed Weibo: