date:May 25, 2012
ast should increase beef imports by 3%. European and American grocery chains are opening stores there that sell higher value cuts.
That growth is offsetting beef export declines elsewhere. Taiwan has banned U.S. beef containing the leanness-enhancing drug, ractopamine.
Mexico, which was the top importer of U.S. beef last year, has seen recent declines in volume.
That's partly due to Mexico's economy, which is just now recovering to the level it was before the 2008 recession, said Chad Russ