Pig/Poultry
Global events have kept Irish pork markets on edge since last summer, with trade shifts and geopolitical tensions influencing prices.
Agri-Business
Pork production in China has continued to increase in 2026 driven by productivity gains and increased slaughtering.
Beef
China could reshape trade flows for beef globally according to a food/agricultural commodity market research organisation.
A new audit by the European Commission of Chinese poultry and rabbit meat producers found numerous issues.
Dairy
China has confirmed that it will impose a tariff of 11.7% on certain EU dairy products for the next five years.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon has confirmed Ireland can export livestock hides and skins to China again.
Stakeholders in the EU dairy sector have until February 9 to respond to Chinese authorities on a decision to impose tariffs.
Additional tariffs imposed on EU cream and cheese to China range from 7.4% to 11.7%, depending on the company.
DII has warned that newly revised tariffs on EU dairy exports to China will make EU and Irish products uncompetitive in the Chinese market.
China is set to revise new tariffs on some EU dairy produce, reducing the tariffs announced before Chrisrmas, although concerns remain.
Beef exports from Ireland to China have been stopped again due to the detection of bluetongue here just two weeks after the market reopened.
Bord Bia is planning a market relaunch as Irish beef exports to China reopen, aimed to to coincide with the Chinese New Year.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon confirmed the reopening of the Chinese market for Irish beef.
The Chinese government will introduce "country-specific quotas and additional tariffs" from tomorrow (January 1) on imports of beef.
Dairy Industry Ireland (DII), the Ibec association representing the sector, has expressed...
China has decided to impose new duties on dairy products from the EU following its anti-subsidy...
China has confirmed lower duties on its imports of pork from the EU, including Ireland. Back in...
Bord Bia has hosted its first major event in China under a new campaign co-funded by the European Union to promote Irish dairy.
Minister of State with responsibility for fisheries, Timmy Dooley, is this week leading an...
Demand from Asia and "strategic export expansions" by South American countries is set to drive sustained growth in the global beef trade
China's Ministry of Commerce has said it will hold a hearing as part of its investigation into alleged dumping of pork products by the EU.
Bord Bia has today (Tuesday, October 21) announced the appointment of Sinéad Kennedy as its new China manager.
China's former minister of agriculture and rural affairs has been sentenced to death after a court case in Beijing.
