Extract from Wales Assembly Questions to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs: Markets for Welsh Red Meat - Jan 23
Thursday, 24 January 2019 07:02
Mark Reckless AM: Will the Minister make a statement on what
progress Hybu Cig Cymru have made in developing markets for Welsh
red meat beyond the EU? Lesley Griffiths AM (Minister for
Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs): Thank you. Welsh
Government is investing £1.5 million for HCC to maintain European
markets, and develop...Request free
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AM: Will the Minister make a
statement on what progress Hybu Cig Cymru have made in
developing markets for Welsh red meat beyond the
EU?
AM
(Minister for Environment, Energy
and Rural Affairs): Thank
you. Welsh Government is investing £1.5 million for HCC
to maintain European markets, and develop trade further
afield. As a direct result, new business has been secured
in Singapore. I welcome recent announcements of the
lifting of restrictions on importing UK beef and lamb to
Japan, and lamb to India and Saudi Arabia, where
further HCC activity is planned.
AM: I'm pleased to report in that
context that, last week, I wrote to the Minister
following a meeting I had with an Omani businessman, who
is interested in importing Welsh beef and lamb to Oman.
As we're looking to diversify our exporting markets, does
the Minister welcome this, and will she arrange for
whoever is appropriate to meet with them, to facilitate
this mutually beneficial trade?
AM: Thank you. I certainly have had
sight of your letter. I thought I had signed a letter
back to you, telling you what action I planned, and I
think that was to arrange a meeting with HCC, to see if
there were opportunities to take that forward.
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