Beef to tap into Chinese market

The Government is hopeful of making solid progress on opening up the key markets of China and the US for Irish beef exports this year.

Its optimism comes on the back of Japan lifting its 13-year ban on Irish beef exports last month.

It has been estimated that the lifting of that ban — imposed in the aftermath of the BSE outbreak in 2000 — could be worth around €15m per year to the Irish food industry.