JAPAN PLOTS GROWTH IN WAGYU EXPORT SALES TO TAIWAN

JAPANESE wagyu beef exports to Taiwan are set to soar as meat producers tap into demand following the lifting of a 16-year ban on the product, while riding on the tailwind of a Japanese government promotional campaign. The ban on imports of Japanese wagyu, imposed after an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease in Japan in 2001, was lifted by the Taiwan government last September (2017). While America- and Australia-raised wagyu has sold in the island during the ban, consumer interest in Japanese wagyu is encouraging Japan’s ...


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