Namibian beef exports down on post-drought restocking while Zimbabwe looks to resume beef exports According to statistics from the Meat Board of Namibia, beef exports to the EU and Norwegian markets during the first quarter of 2014 fell to 1,621... 22/06/2014
Global beef sector developments According to FAO’s May 2014 Food Outlook, a biannual report on global food markets, global beef production will be largely unchanged in 2013/14, at... 14/06/2014
Sustainability issues in the beef sector gaining prominence March 2014 saw a number of initiatives launched linked to the promotion of more sustainable patterns of livestock production. The first of these wa... 10/05/2014
EU beef market deficit to grow According to the EC’s ‘Prospects for agricultural markets and incomes in the EU 2013-2023’, published in December 2013, there have been declines in... 02/03/2014
SPS constraints on post-drought restocking raise concerns in Namibia Drought conditions in Namibia led to a rapid expansion of live cattle exports from January to September 2013. Some 222,206 cattle were exported liv... 19/01/2014
Executive Brief Update 2013: Beef sector 1. Background and key issuesDespite the importance of the beef protocol under the Lomé Convention,... 16/12/2013
US restrictions on EU beef amended in light of confidence-building measures by trade partners At the beginning of November 2013, the US announced that it was to revise rules on beef imports from the EU to end 15 years of the blanket applicat... 15/12/2013
SPS dispute resolution and trans-Atlantic trade agreements The recently concluded Canada–EU trade agreement includes provisions dealing with both sanitary and phytosanity (SPS) measures and dispute settleme... 15/12/2013
Political agreement on Canada–EU trade deal will impact EU beef market In mid October 2013, “Canada and the EU announced that they have reached an ‘agreement in principle’… on a comprehensive bilateral trade pact.” The... 01/12/2013
Scope for increased regional beef exports being explored by Namibian farmers but with disease control concerns arising In October 2013, it was announced Namibia was to commence exports of bone-in beef to Zimbabwe from the northern communal areas (NCA) production zon... 01/12/2013