SIGNIFICANT RUSSIAN BEEF EXPORTS TO JAPAN IMMINENT AS DETAILED TRADING APPROVALS SECURED
July 1st, 2017
Japan and Russia are to start trading meat products in earnest during the second half of this year, following an agreement between Tokyo and Moscow.
According to Japan’s ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, imports to Japan will be limited to beef that has undergone heat treatment in Japanese government-approved Russian factories. Imports of raw beef remains banned because of the risk foot and mouth disease continues to pose to cattle in Russia.
The agreement will also see Japan exporting jerky to Russia, although the details of these exports have ...
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