voluntary report public distribution date 9 8 2005 gain number e35178 eu 25 livestock and products us beef faces strong competition on the european market approved by norval francis mission to prepared yvan polet highlights became a net importer in 2003 interests increasing exports this large are growing however there important hurdles that must overcome be competitive access for is highly restricted hormone ban only from non treated cattle nhtc program eligible also facing south american includes psd changes no trade matrix unscheduled brussels useu be2 e3 usda foreign agricultural service global agriculture information network template version 2 09 page of 5 unclassified introduction since union has become deficit expected increase coming years as production declining consumption remain stable analyzes major parameters these
