NZ beef exporters recover lost market share in Japan as CPTPP kicks in

NZ beef exporters recover lost market share in Japan as CPTPP kicks in
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie May 27 (BusinessDesk) - Beef and sheepmeat exporter ANZCO says sales in the Japanese frozen beef trade are recovering, thanks to tariff reductions for New Zealand produce under the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership that allows local producers to compete again in the lucrative markets against Australian beef farmers. Since Australia signed a free trade agreement with Japan in 2015, ANZCO had seen tonnages of frozen beef to Japan halve to around 4,000 tonnes a year, ANZCO Japan president Makoto Kinj...

More Primary Sector

Nick Beeby appointed CEO of NZ Meat Board
Primary Sector

Nick Beeby appointed CEO of NZ Meat Board

Nick Beeby has been permanently appointed the chief executive of the New Zealand Meat Board (NZMB).He has been acting in the job since Sam McIvor, also the CEO of Beef + Lamb NZ (BLNZ), left the role in July last year.Beeby joined NZMB as general manager of quota and information...

Staff reporters 14 Jan 2025
Scott Tech lands $18m in meat processing deals
Primary Sector

Scott Tech lands $18m in meat processing deals

The contracts will be recognised across Scott’s 2025 and 2026 financial years.

Ben Moore 14 Jan 2025
Australia red meat exports hit record levels – again
Primary Sector

Australia red meat exports hit record levels – again

Large volumes across the Tasman weigh on New Zealand prices.

Riley Kennedy 14 Jan 2025
Foot-and-mouth detected in Germany for first time in 40 years
Primary Sector

Foot-and-mouth detected in Germany for first time in 40 years

German authorities confirmed the country's first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in nearly 40 years last week in a herd of water buffalo on the outskirts of Berlin.On Friday, the World Organisation for Animal Health (Woah), an intergovernmental organisation tasked with pre...

Staff reporters 13 Jan 2025