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To: Snowshoe who wrote (27528)	1/8/2008 3:10:31 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 220315

To save horses: Brazilian Team Headed To Europe To Fight Beef Restrictions Brazil is beginning the New Year with a resolution to renegotiate with the European Union following its decision last month to place new restrictions on Brazilian beef imports effective Jan. 31. A Brazilian delegation is slated to visit Europe on Jan. 14 to resume discussions and has asked that the European Commission present technical information on which it based its restrictions. "If they canìt present us one technical claim, I think Brazil needs to file a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO)," Antenor Nogueira, president of Permanent Forum of Livestock Cutting, a division of the Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CAN), told Meatingplace.com. "The EU needs to respect Brazilian production. Brazil comprises 33 percent of the world's beef trade." In 2008, the EU will need 800,000 metric tons of imported beef to satisfy the demand of its 27 member countries. "Ireland and England are pressuring the EU to restrict imports from Brazil because they need to raise their beef prices," Nogueira said. "Their cost of production is very high, so Brazil's absence boosts their prices." According to Nogueira, Spain, Portugal, Holland and other major beef distributors support Brazil's efforts. "If Brazil canìt export its beef due to technical rules, which country is prepared to supply 800,000 tons overnight? Europe won't have enough beef in such a short time. Internal prices for consumers will explode," said Nogueira, who will go to Europe with government and industry representatives. Several other Brazilian missions to Europe and to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) for negotiations aimed at eliminating the restrictions are planned for the latter half of January. Supply in check But in Brazil, meatpackers are having difficulty finding cattle ready for export to Europe because Brazil's Central-West region, the country's largest cattle production region, hasn't received enough rain to develop enough grass to sufficiently feed livestock. "Brazilian meatpackers are saying they canìt find animals ready for export to Europe in the beginning of the year. Meanwhile, domestic processors are paying more per head, and they are a powerful competitor right now," Fabiano Tito Rosa, analyst for Brazilian consultancy Scot Consultoria, told Meatingplace.com. According to Rosa, Brazil would need 8 million bulls in its herd in order to meet European demand, but the current count is nowhere near that level. By Arnaldo de Sousa on Monday, January 07, 2008 For Meatingplace.com.