I was reading a comment that R-CALF made on their website and in it, it listed the countries that have discovers BSE in their Native herds since 2000. Since the USDA FAS charts, I can access, are from 2000 to 2005 I looked up the countries they listed. What I found even made your comment about the other countries you have shut out funnier. :wink:
Their listed
Austria ,Canada, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. Of those thirteen the US imported beef and veal from only Austria, Canada, Italy, Japan, and Spain.
Austria in 2001 the US imported $40,000
Canada in 2001 the US imported $1,098,721,000
Italy in 2001 the US imported $57,000
Japan in 2001 the US imported $248,000
Spain in 2002 the US imported $2,000.
I also checked the animals imported and the numbers were about the same There was only one country that you even hit the million dollar mark and that was Japan.
Kind of puts a little light on your comment about the trade with these other countries. :roll:
But the trade you did with these other countries had alot to do with the fact that the US should and most did realize that if the rules were not changed the US producers would not have a leg to stand on if BSE was found in the US. Most knew it was only a matter of time before BSE was found , because of all the trade you did with us and all these other trading partners before they found BSE.
Their listed
Austria ,Canada, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. Of those thirteen the US imported beef and veal from only Austria, Canada, Italy, Japan, and Spain.
Austria in 2001 the US imported $40,000
Canada in 2001 the US imported $1,098,721,000
Italy in 2001 the US imported $57,000
Japan in 2001 the US imported $248,000
Spain in 2002 the US imported $2,000.
I also checked the animals imported and the numbers were about the same There was only one country that you even hit the million dollar mark and that was Japan.
Kind of puts a little light on your comment about the trade with these other countries. :roll:
But the trade you did with these other countries had alot to do with the fact that the US should and most did realize that if the rules were not changed the US producers would not have a leg to stand on if BSE was found in the US. Most knew it was only a matter of time before BSE was found , because of all the trade you did with us and all these other trading partners before they found BSE.