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CHINA PRESS: The first shipment of refrigerated American beef arrived at

Shanghai by ship on Sept. 1, the Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine

Bureau said Tuesday, according to a report by Xinhua News Agency. The 15.1 tons

of beef was valued at more than $300,000, and its arrival signaled the start of

the large-scale import of American beef into China, the news agency said. The

bureau said it has shortened the approval time for U.S. beef imports. The

authority also said the shipping method for the U.S. beef, compared with the

usual method of air freight, could expand the export amount of beef and lower

the transportation costs involved, thereby increasing its supply and lowering

its price in China. But as a "newcomer" to China shores, American beef still

faces barriers when competing with beef from other countries, the bureau was

quoted as saying. (Xinhua News Agency)