Ireland: MII boss shares views on Irish meat exports to China
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Published May 27, 2023
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The director of Meat Industry Ireland (MII), Dale Crammond, has said it is going to take time before Irish beef exports to China return to the levels seen
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in 2019 and early 2020. In an interview with Agriland at SIAL Shanghai while attending a Bord Bia trade mission to China led by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue, the MII boss said MII members are “excited” for Irish beef to be back on the market in China. “We were out of the market for a number of years so it’s great that the market is back open to us,” he said. However, Crammond said it will take “a bit of time” to get back to where business used to be. “We had exported about 7,000t of beef in the first five months of 2020 so it will take a bit of time to get back to that level, but there clearly are opportunities there over the medium to long term,” he said. Advertisement Commenting on the progress being made during the trade mission, Crammond said: “The MII members have been engaging and I think it’s been a great opportunity for them to reconnect with their customers. “SIAL gives them the opportunity to engage with new customers and ...
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