Premium Irish beef has benefited from government support in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, helped secure endorsement from one of Dubai’s top chefs.
The Irish government has predicted to GlobalMeatNews that American beef exports to the European Union (EU) will be limited by quotas in future, even if the EU and USA successfully negotiate a Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal.
An opening of the US market to Irish beef is imminent according to Tom Moran, Secretary General of the Irish Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine.
The Chinese and US markets will open to Irish beef during 2014, according to Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney, TD. However, he could not say exactly when.
Ireland’s agriculture minister has welcomed a decision by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Food Safety Committee to officially lift bans on exports of Irish beef and sheepmeat to the GCC region.
Agri-food’s role in getting Ireland out of its economic crisis received a boost, as food exports grew at three times the rate of total merchandise exports in the first nine months of 2011.