According to the Department of Agriculture, just under 700t of premium beef cuts with a value of €6m has been exported to the US in the first quarter of 2016.
In 2015 1,300t of Irish beef worth an estimated €8.5m were exported to the US by early November.
This means that over 2,000t of beef worth nearly €15m have been exported to the country since the market re-opened to Irish beef in December 2014.
Although the continuing imports of beef into the US is welcome, the figures are still a long way off outgoing Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney's prediction, back when the market opened in early 2015, of the US taking up to 20,000 tonnes of Irish beef, worth €100 million, in 2015.
US importing more beef
Overall, US imports are up and exports are down. Total beef imports to the US last year amounted to 1.08m tonnes - their highest level since 2005. Annual imports between 2006 and 2012 averaged around 770,000t. Trade data analysed by AHDB, Britain's Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, found that US imports of beef in 2015 were up by 50% on 2013 levels.
Meanwhile exports from the US were down more than 96,000t on 2014, their lowest level since 2009.
Based on the amount of Irish beef exported to the US by November 2015, exports of prime cuts of Irish beef to the US in 2015 made up approximately 0.12%, of the country's total imports last year.
Ireland was the first European country to regain access to the US market after the continent was closed during the height of the European BSE crisis in the mid-1990s. Ireland was followed gradually by Lithuania and the Netherlands.
The Department says it remains engaged with the US authorities to allow the for the extension of exports to include the lucrative manufacturing beef, which remains the big prize for Irish exporters.
So far six Irish factories have received clearance to export beef to the country - Donegal Meat Processors, Slaney Foods International, Dawn Charleville, ABP Clones, Kepak Kilbeggan and Kepak Longford.
Canadian government names Irish beef processors eligible to export
Meanwhile, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has named 27 Irish beef processors that are now eligible to export meat products to Canada.
The Canadian government announced the end of its import ban on EU beef at the end of 2013, but that just started the process of securing commercial approval. In January 2016, the Department of Agriculture was "still trying to tease out the technical details" of the CETA trade agreement.
This week, however, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency updated its list of establishments eligible to export meat to Canada with 27 Irish beef processors making the cut.
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According to the Department of Agriculture, just under 700t of premium beef cuts with a value of €6m has been exported to the US in the first quarter of 2016.
In 2015 1,300t of Irish beef worth an estimated €8.5m were exported to the US by early November.
This means that over 2,000t of beef worth nearly €15m have been exported to the country since the market re-opened to Irish beef in December 2014.
Although the continuing imports of beef into the US is welcome, the figures are still a long way off outgoing Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney's prediction, back when the market opened in early 2015, of the US taking up to 20,000 tonnes of Irish beef, worth €100 million, in 2015.
US importing more beef
Overall, US imports are up and exports are down. Total beef imports to the US last year amounted to 1.08m tonnes - their highest level since 2005. Annual imports between 2006 and 2012 averaged around 770,000t. Trade data analysed by AHDB, Britain's Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, found that US imports of beef in 2015 were up by 50% on 2013 levels.
Meanwhile exports from the US were down more than 96,000t on 2014, their lowest level since 2009.
Based on the amount of Irish beef exported to the US by November 2015, exports of prime cuts of Irish beef to the US in 2015 made up approximately 0.12%, of the country's total imports last year.
Ireland was the first European country to regain access to the US market after the continent was closed during the height of the European BSE crisis in the mid-1990s. Ireland was followed gradually by Lithuania and the Netherlands.
The Department says it remains engaged with the US authorities to allow the for the extension of exports to include the lucrative manufacturing beef, which remains the big prize for Irish exporters.
So far six Irish factories have received clearance to export beef to the country - Donegal Meat Processors, Slaney Foods International, Dawn Charleville, ABP Clones, Kepak Kilbeggan and Kepak Longford.
Canadian government names Irish beef processors eligible to export
Meanwhile, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has named 27 Irish beef processors that are now eligible to export meat products to Canada.
The Canadian government announced the end of its import ban on EU beef at the end of 2013, but that just started the process of securing commercial approval. In January 2016, the Department of Agriculture was "still trying to tease out the technical details" of the CETA trade agreement.
This week, however, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency updated its list of establishments eligible to export meat to Canada with 27 Irish beef processors making the cut.
Read more
Farmer writes: 320 million consumers on the doorstep of US farms
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