Brazilain Beef Link to Deforestation Could Boost US Exports to EU

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Brazilian Beef Link to Deforestation Could Boost US Exports to EU by Tom Johnston, meatingplace.com

Anew study linking deforestation and Brazilian beef exports to the European Union could sour discussions aimed at an EU-Mercosur trade deal, presenting a potential opportunity for U.S. beef export expansion in the highvalue EU market.

The study, published in the journal Science, found that at least 17 percent of Brazil’s beef exports to the EU are tied to deforestation in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes, bolstering calls for boycotts and for withholding ratification of a trade deal.

A reduction in supplies from Brazil could shift the current balance in the EU beef market. Therese Lerebours, the European Commission’s press officer for agriculture, told Meatingplace the body has not ruled out a further expansion of the U.S. share of the EU beef quota, but she declined to provide any other details on the topic.

A year ago, the EU agreed to expand America’s share to 35,000 metric tons of a 45,000-metric-ton quota over the next seven years, at an estimated value of $420 million in that time period. It starts with an initial 18,500-metric-ton share for 2020, a substantial increase over the amount to which the U.S. share had dwindled (13,000 metric tons) in the last decade.

While the EU has not been a high-volume market for U.S. beef, it has been a high-value market.

The U.S. Meat Export Federation views the EU as a promising market, especially from a value perspective, USMEF spokesman Joe Schuele told Meatingplace. While the volumes of U.S. beef exported to the EU are not likely to rival those shipped to major Asian destinations such as Japan, South Korea or China/Hong Kong in the short term, the EU has traditionally delivered one of the highest levels of per-unit value of any international market for U.S. beef. ▫

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