{"id":680,"date":"2019-01-10T18:22:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T18:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/?p=680"},"modified":"2019-01-10T18:22:31","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T18:22:31","slug":"in-the-news-japanese-market-opens-for-british-beef-and-lamb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/2019\/01\/10\/in-the-news-japanese-market-opens-for-british-beef-and-lamb\/","title":{"rendered":"In the news: Japanese market opens for British beef and lamb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span lang=\"EN\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-246 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/04\/Fallen-Stock-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/04\/Fallen-Stock-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/04\/Fallen-Stock-603x420.jpg 603w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/04\/Fallen-Stock.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/209;\" \/><\/span>You may have seen <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-scotland-business-46822915\">in the news<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\"> today that Japan <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">has signed an agreement to lift its ban on imports of British beef and lamb.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The ban, which has been in place since 1996, has been removed with immediate effect.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing said: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"margin: 0px;color: black;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;color: black;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Japan opening its domestic market to Scottish beef and lamb<\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"margin: 0px;color: black;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"> is hugely welcome news and presents exciting opportunities for our fantastic scotch products, especially in terms of the potential for Scotland\u2019s sheep industry. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"margin: 0px;color: black;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">\u201cI am aware there are a number of Scottish plants already showing an interest in exporting to Japan, and I am delighted they are looking to take up this great opportunity for expanding into an exciting new marketplace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have seen in the news today that Japan has signed an agreement to lift its ban on imports of British beef and lamb. 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