AR-News: (Canada) Rising beef sales to Asia predicted

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

RED DEER -- About 40% of Canadian beef exports will go to Asian countries by 
2010, lessening Canada's dependence on the United States, a top marketing 
expert told a beef industry conference yesterday. The Far East would be a 
lucrative catch, because its consumers eat many non-prime beef cuts that North 
Americans generally shun, such as tripe, offals and skirt meat. 
That means a carcass processed for Asia is worth nearly $200 more than one 
killed for domestic customers, said Cam Daniels, vice-president of the Canada 
Beef Export Federation. 
Because of that extra value, the federal government should apply extra 
pressure to lift the trade bans by countries like Japan and South Korea, as well as 
boosting exports to Mexico, he said. 
"We feel those are our future. That's where we can add value and that's where 
we can get the money," Daniels said. "Without export markets, we're really 
without growth." 
Before May, when the mad cow crisis caused borders around the world to shut 
out Canadian beef and cattle, more than three-quarters of the country's exports 
went to the United States. 




full story:

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/CalgarySun/Business/2004/02/22/356688.html 








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