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Kansas beef industry inks deal with Taiwanese tanneries

03/10/2005
The State of Kansas recently hosted a trade delegation from Taiwan visiting the United States to complete a trade agreement with American beef producers worth more than $420 million – nearly $130 million with Kansas alone. The agreement will see between five and six million pieces of American wet salted and wet blue cattle hides sold to Taiwanese tanneries between Jan. 1, 2006 and Dec. 31, 2007.

"This is an enormous opportunity for the Kansas beef industry and the entire state economy," said Howard Fricke, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Commerce. "The agreement is mutually beneficial to our Kansas hide producers and to Taiwan's tannery industry. More importantly, this is another example of what a wonderful trade relationship and friendship Taiwan and Kansas have developed in recent years."
Kansas Lieutenant Governor John Moore welcomed the Taiwan Agricultural Trade Goodwill Mission – two hide importers and one representative of the Taiwan Regional Association of Tanneries – for an official welcome and signing ceremony. Tsong-Ming Wang, the deputy chairman of the Association, signed the agreement along with Kansas beef industry representative Todd Johnson.



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