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Issues, facts, and opportunities for exports of US beef to Japan
Author(s) -
Mori Hiroshi,
Gorman William D.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
agribusiness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1520-6297
pISSN - 0742-4477
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6297(198522)1:2<211::aid-agr2720010210>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - marbled meat , beef industry , liberalization , quality (philosophy) , beef cattle , technical barriers to trade , grading (engineering) , business , order (exchange) , agricultural economics , certainty , economics , international trade , agricultural science , trade barrier , zoology , market economy , mathematics , biology , ecology , philosophy , geometry , epistemology , finance
Abstract The Japanese–US beef trade issues are discussed and a proposal put forth to feed cattle for 240 days in order to achieve higher quality grades and prices for US beef exported to Japan. Contrary to popular opinion. US grain‐fed beef is not considered higher in quality than chilled grass‐fed beef from Australia in the Japanese market because the Japanese quality grading system places much greater emphasis on marbling. Results indicate the longer fed beef concept may be a better alternative for the US than continuing to seek full liberalization of exports, although further analysis is needed before this can be stated with certainty.