JAPAN IS NOW USA’S LEADING EXPORT MARKET, BUT WILL POSITION SURVIVE TRUMP’S TRADE ISOLATIONISM?
March 1st, 2018
Japan is now the United States’ leading export market for beef, in value and volume, and largest market for pork exports in value, according to 2017 trade data released by the US department of agriculture (USDA).
In the past calendar year, Japan imported 307,559 metric tonnes of US beef, an increase of 19% year-on-year, worth USD1.89 billion, which marks a 25% increase in value year-on-year from 2016.
Chilled US beef exports saw most growth in Japan, up 32% in volume and 37% in value on the 2016 figures, and accounting for more than half of Japan’s chilled ...
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