日本牛肉有望重启对中国出口

Group 1 - The core viewpoint of the article is that the completion of domestic procedures for the animal health quarantine agreement between China and Japan is a crucial step towards the resumption of Japanese beef exports to China, which have been halted since 2001 due to BSE concerns [1][2] - The agreement's effectiveness was announced by Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 11, 2023, and it allows for formal negotiations to restart beef trade between the two countries, including technical discussions on safety confirmations [1] - The Chinese government had previously signed an agreement in 2019 to strengthen cross-border animal disease management, but domestic procedures were not advanced, leading to a delay of over five years [1] Group 2 - Japan's domestic beef export value reached 64.8 billion yen in 2024, more than doubling in five years, driven by increasing global demand for Wagyu beef from markets like the US, Taiwan, and Hong Kong [2] - The Japanese government aims to further increase beef export value to 113.2 billion yen by 2030, nearly doubling again, with a target of raising exports to China to 20 billion yen to match the US market [2] - The resumption of beef exports to China is seen as a significant boost to Japan's food export expansion strategy [2]