On 19 October, eight mayors from Kagoshima Prefecture visited our office to learn more about Australian beef and the potential to export Wagyu from CLAIR and Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) Sydney.
They visited Sydney to gain a better understanding of the Australian meat and livestock industry to gauge the impact of the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Many Japanese livestock breeders are worried about the reduced tariffs of imported livestock products as per the JAEPA and the TPP; Kagoshima Prefecture is one of Japan’s largest livestock-rearing regions.