Japan boosts beef imports
-iNZPA-Reuter Tokyo - J Japan’s Prime Minister 1 (Mi - Takeo Miki) says JapL ' anese beef imports will be • increased in the next quarter > (January to March 1977). • He says Japan’s beef imports have so far been too small. Mr Miki told reporters there had been some mis-
) understanding about this, but! ' did not indicate how much - the beef import increase! t would be in the next ■ quarter. He also said he would I meet the Australian Ambas-I ’ sador to Japan (Mr K. C. 0.l Shann) to discuss the beef 1 import plan in the next ’ quarter. But Australian Embassy ( sources say it is possible that’ tlie Ambassador may discuss] beef matters with Japan on a “high level” today. Last November Japan an-1 1 nounced an import quota of! ! 20,000 tonnes in the pres-! . ent second half (October to! March) a cut from the first ; half’s 45,000 tonnes. A spokesman for the I meat board in Wellington! Jsaid Mr Mikl’s statement: .sounded hopeful for New I Zealand. The bigger the Japanese quota tlie better it was for those wanting to sell more beef to Japan. "We will wait and see what, quantities the Japanese have in mind before getting (too excited.” lie said.
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