Sudden end for EU's cattle live export subsidy

SUBSIDIES for live cattle exports to countries outside the EU ceased at midnight on December 23.
Sudden end for EU's cattle live export subsidy
Thu, 05 Jan, 2006 - 00:00
Stephen Cadogan

The payments enabled the export of 11,690 cattle from Ireland to the Lebanon in 2004, and 9,874 in 2005, up to late December.

The export subsidy was worth €30 per 100kg, or €210 on a finished animal, and averaged €165 per head.

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