1 scope of the study products to be covered in this are chilled and frozen fresh beef japan classifies imported as shown following table size overall market at wholesale level was about us 10 billion 1994 processed is not dealt with because its relatively small compared that v classification volume value s import ton japanese yen million cy 1993 hs items 0201 000 carcasses half bovine animals or 32 19 60 36 20 010 meat quarter 4 321 2 050 5 219 429 090 cuts bone excluding 149 130 66 53 30 loin boneless 064 67 710 82 836 81 389 020 chuck clod round 155 880 68 401 187 347 79 681 030 brisket