As its appetite grows, China is set to end its 13-year beef with US exports

05/10/2016

US beef exporters and transpacific carriers are preparing for a surge in shipments to China next year, after China signalled it will end its 13-year ban on US beef .

The Chinese authorities announced last month [September] they would conditionally lift the import ban on boneless beef and beef on the bone from cattle under 30 months old from the US on 19 February, 2017. In addition, China will ease restrictions on Canadian beef.

The ban on US beef has been in place since 2003, ...