Egypt eases conditions for importation of Irish beef

EGYPT has loosened the conditions applying to the importation of Irish beef, Agriculture Minister Joe Walsh announced yesterday.

The Egyptian market has been open to Irish beef exports since October 2001, but the actual resumption of trade in commercial volumes had been hampered by conditions imposed by the Cairo authorities on the type of eligible cuts.

Mr Walsh said the newly negotiated conditions for trade now represent a significant market opportunity and opens the way towards a full resumption of beef exports to Egypt.