But chilled beef hopefully will prove to be as successful in South Korea as it has been in Japan, where it makes up two-thirds of Australia's US dlrs 1 . 6 billion ( 2 billion Australian dollars ) beef export market there.
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The installation of coldstores at the PCD's Gladstone factory had important long-term effects for the Port of Gladstone, where butter formed the staple export from 1926 to1934, prior to the first chilled beef ( distinct from frozen beef ) being exported in 1935.
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In what will further boost U . S . business in South Korea, the two countries settled a long-standing trade dispute with by increasing the length of time chilled beef could be transported before it was deemed not fresh enough for the Korean market.
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The Ministry of Finance said chilled beef imports in the first quarter of fiscal 1995 came to 83, 097 metric tons ( 91, 407 U . S . tons ), up from 68, 300 metric tons in the same three-month period in fiscal 1994.
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Argentina's agriculture department said the country doesn't export ground beef to the U . K . The bulk of Argentine meat sent to the U . K . is heat-processed and the 2, 300 tons of chilled beef sent there are higher-grade cuts, the department said.
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The Australian Meat Council said up to 7, 000 metric tons ( 7, 700 U . S . tons ) of frozen and chilled beef, lamb and mutton was held up on ships off the U . S . West Coast that were unable to unload.
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But less than a week later, Tony Burke, the Australian Minister For Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry swiftly overturned the decision and placed a'two year stop'on all fresh and chilled beef products destined for Australia from BSE known countries of origin, thereby relaxing fears held by Australians that contaminated US beef would find its way onto Australian supermarket shelves after a long absence.
