US beef gets open access to key Japanese import market

Vernon Graham
Updated May 20 2019 - 5:07pm, first published 10:15am
US Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, pictured in Tokyo last week drumming up interest in US beef sales.
US Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, pictured in Tokyo last week drumming up interest in US beef sales.

Age restrictions on US beef exports to Japan have been lifted, paving the way for increased American sales into one of Australia's best international markets.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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