Beef
A Department of Agriculture and Bord Bia trade mission to two countries in north Africa has come to a "successful conclusion".
Dairy
Ireland’s largest dairy export category to Egypt, in volume and value, is cheese. In 2018, Ireland exported 3,656t of cheese to Egypt.
Algeria and Egypt are not self-sufficient in dairy production and with a total population of 138 million people, both countries have a combined import requirement of 730,000t of dairy.
13 influential livestock buyers from Algeria and Egypt are being hosted by Bord Bia from today, the Irish food board has announced.
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has agreed amended certificates for the export of cattle to Egypt.
"Farmers need to see delivery on live export progress through cattle actually being exported to the Egyptian market."
Progress made on live exports during the Irish trade mission to Egypt has been welcomed by Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed.
The Egyptian beef market reopened to Irish exports in January after a 17-year gap -- but since then, it's been bad news
The veterinary certificate negotiated by the Department of Agriculture for fattening cattle for live export to Egypt is good news.
Live export trade opportunities to Egypt were top of the agenda in a meeting between IFA President Joe Healy and the Egyptian Ambassador.
Other
It looks increasingly likely that Chinese authorities will visit Ireland this year to complete one of the final steps in opening the market to Irish beef.
Ireland needs to get the capacity of the live cattle trade back up to 300,000 to 400,000 head to drive competition in 2017, IFA President, Joe Healy, has said.
The reopening of Egypt to Irish beef must translate into better prices for farmers or else 'it’s irrelevant', according to the ICMSA.
Agreement has been reached between the Department of Agriculture and the Egyptian authorities to reopen the market there to Irish beef.
Irish cattle prices are currently too expensive to make exporting cattle to Egypt viable, according to Bord Bia's Joe Burke.
The Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, officially announced that agreement has been reached with the Egyptian authorities to enable the importation of Irish cattle.
