Australia’s Consul selling beef in Shanghai: US vs Aussie beef, which will you choose?

[AndrewJin]

http://finance.hsw.cn/system/2016/0929/94660.shtml

In Dongchang traditional market in Pudong, Shanghai, Australia's Consul in Shanghai Brent Moore was introducing the Greatness of Aussie beef. It is a new trend in China that ambassadors from different countries try their best to promote their agricultural products to 1.3 billion consumers.

China has just lifted a decade of ban on beef from US. It will be a critical time for Aussie beef. Brazilian beef has already posed serious threat to Aussie beef!

29日上午上海东昌小区的居民们惊讶滴发现菜市场里多了一位帅气的金发碧眼老外，一打听才知道这位菜市场绅士竟然是澳大利亚领事!领事为了澳大利亚牛排真真是使出了洪荒之力啊。

见多识广的上海大妈们也是第一次在身边的菜市场见到这么帅气的摊主，在众多围观群众的注视下西装革履的澳大利亚领事“Brent Moore 莫博仁””拿起一块和牛介绍说澳大利亚和牛以柔软多汁、嫩滑香醇而知名世界。澳洲牛肉分M1-M9九个等级，M是指油花含量，也就是通俗所说的大理石纹，鉴别和牛最简单的方法之一就是看牛排表面的大理石花纹。

在上海大妈们的瞩目下，领事将解冻好的牛排放进平底锅，因为和牛本身就带有很多油,所以只加一点橄榄油就可以把和牛放下去煎，每边煎1分钟之后，把盐和黑胡椒洒在牛排两边即可，瞬间菜市场里弥漫着扑鼻的牛排香气。领事将切好的牛排送给大家品尝，现场大妈们赞不绝口，这么接地气的新颖方式更是获得大妈们的满堂彩。

毫无疑问澳大利亚领事上海菜市场卖菜的亲民创举将成为“大使卖菜”的新潮流，各国大使们都将使出浑身解数为本国美食摇旗呐喊。

 

[AndrewJin]

2o major beef brands sold online, 14 are from Australia, 2 NZ, 2 from Paraguay, one from Canada and Brazil.

 

[艹艹艹]

How do I know which beef is good?
We often eat pork，Chicken, duck, lamb，fish......

 

[AndrewJin]

How do I know which beef is good?
We often eat pork，Chicken, duck, lamb.....

Beef is only one small part of our daily meat intake.....
But in Wuhan, we do have beef rice noodle for breakfast.....
I don't really care which country's beef they use....

 

[艹艹艹]

Beef is only one small part of our daily meat intake.....
But in Wuhan, we do have beef rice noodle for breakfast.....
I don't really care which country's beef they use....

Why China is open to beef imports, because we have less demand for beef

 

[Lil Mathew]

Beef is only one small part of our daily meat intake.....
But in Wuhan, we do have beef rice noodle for breakfast.....
I don't really care which country's beef they use....

India is number one in beef exports.. We actually controls 20% of total beef market..

 

[AndrewJin]

Why China is open to beef imports, because we have less demand for beef

It's a waste of land to have cow farms in China....

 

[艹艹艹]

It's a waste of land to have cow farms in China....

Cows needed to produce milk

 

[AndrewJin]

India is number one in beef exports.. We actually controls 20% of total beef market..

Until now, it is banned.
In 2015, according to the beef market report in China, India had 30% cattle, but beef production only 7.19%.

Cows needed to produce milk

It's ok adults in China do not drink milk.
Milk is not really in our diet.
We mostly drink soy bean milk for breakfast.

 

[艹艹艹]

Until now, it is banned.
In 2015, according to the beef market report in China, India had 30% cattle, but beef production only 7.19%.


It's ok adults in China do not drink milk.
Milk is not really in our diet.
We mostly drink soy bean milk for breakfast.

I like dou fu nao xi fan ，ba bao zhou

 

[Lil Mathew]

Until now, it is banned.
In 2015, according to the beef market report in China, India had 30% cattle, but beef production only 7.19%.


It's ok adults in China do not drink milk.
Milk is not really in our diet.
We mostly drink soy bean milk for breakfast.

India retains its top spot as the world’s largest exporter of beef, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and has extended its lead over the next highest exporter, Brazil. It must be noted, however, that the U.S. government classifies even buffalo meat as beef.

According to the data, India exported 2.4 million tonnes of beef and veal in FY2015, compared to 2 million tonnes by Brazil and 1.5 million by Australia. These three countries account for 58.7 per cent of all the beef exports in the world. India itself accounts for 23.5 per cent of global beef exports. This is up from a 20.8 per cent share last year.

 

[AndrewJin]

In China Beef Trade, U.S. Gain May Mean Australia Pain
U.S. return to market spells trouble for Australia, already overtaken by Brazil as China’s No. 1 beef supplier

By
LUCY CRAYMER
Sept. 21, 2016 4:41 a.m. ET

U.S. beef producers will be hailing promises of renewed access to the China market, but for Australian exporters already having a tough time it will add to the headwind.

Speaking to U.S. business groups in New York on Tuesday night, Premier Li Keqiang said China would soon allow imports of U.S. beef, mostly banned since 2003 over concerns about bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or “mad cow” disease.

Being locked out of China—consumer of around 13% of the world’s beef—is estimated to cost U.S. producers more than $100 per head of cattle, according to Michael Underhill, chief investment officer at Wisconsin-based Capital Innovations, which has nearly $1 billion of assets under management.

China will import 825,000 metric tons of beef this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast in April. That is 24% more than in 2015 and up from just 11,000 tons back in 2002, when the U.S. accounted for 70% of the total.

“The whole export market has really taken off,” said Angus Gidley-Baird, senior analyst of animal proteins at Rabobank. That has created significant opportunities for producers—these days predominantly from Australia and Brazil.

Any U.S. gain is likely to come at the expense of Australia’s market share, despite Australia’s advantage of a free-trade agreement with China. Already its exports to China are down 35% this year, as a shortage of animals available for slaughter—after a long drought ended, allowing farmers to restock their herds—sent prices to record highs. Brazil has overtaken Australia as China’s top supplier.

“Australia has already found itself increasing getting priced out of that market, and competition is getting quite intense with South America,” said Phin Ziebell, ‎senior analyst and agribusiness economist at National Australia Bank. “Adding the U.S. to that is probably not great for Australia suppliers.”

The impact on Brazil of the U.S. return is likely to be smaller, given that it undercuts both the U.S. and Australia in price.

“The U.S. will win for the high-end market and compete with Australia at the higher end—but Brazil will dominate the [low-end] commodity market,” Adrian Redlich, chief investment officer at Merricks Capital, a Melbourne-based firm that runs a $350 million soft-commodities fund.

—Rebecca Blumenstein contributed to this article.

Write to Lucy Craymer at Lucy.Craymer@wsj.com

India retains its top spot as the world’s largest exporter of beef, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and has extended its lead over the next highest exporter, Brazil. It must be noted, however, that the U.S. government classifies even buffalo meat as beef.

According to the data, India exported 2.4 million tonnes of beef and veal in FY2015, compared to 2 million tonnes by Brazil and 1.5 million by Australia. These three countries account for 58.7 per cent of all the beef exports in the world. India itself accounts for 23.5 per cent of global beef exports. This is up from a 20.8 per cent share last year.

Maybe because indians themselves consume very little.
Total beef production is not high in india, less than 10%, smaller than China's 13%.
Consumption is 4% in India.

 

[艹艹艹]

India retains its top spot as the world’s largest exporter of beef, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and has extended its lead over the next highest exporter, Brazil. It must be noted, however, that the U.S. government classifies even buffalo meat as beef.

According to the data, India exported 2.4 million tonnes of beef and veal in FY2015, compared to 2 million tonnes by Brazil and 1.5 million by Australia. These three countries account for 58.7 per cent of all the beef exports in the world. India itself accounts for 23.5 per cent of global beef exports. This is up from a 20.8 per cent share last year.

Can slaughter cow in India ？

 

[Lil Mathew]

Can slaughter cow in India ？

In some states cow slaughter is banned.. Other states you can.. It depends (on various state's) on local law..

 

[AndrewJin]

In some states cow slaughter is banned.. Other states you can.. It depends (on various state's) on local law..

What kind of beef is India exporting?