U.S. beef exporters continue to hang their hats on Japan and South Korea.

John Hinners with the U.S. Meat Export Federation says those two countries are critical markets.

“Korea for example, 50 million consumers. They’re one of our largest pound-for-pound consumers of U.S. beef. They’ll eat more U.S. beef than any other consumer around the world, they understand the flavor (and) value.”

South Korea is the number two market for U.S.

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