GATT/AIR/UNNUMBERED 15 NOVEMBER 1989

SUBJECT: MEAT MARKET ANALYSIS GROUP

1. THE MEAT MARKET ANALYSIS GROUP WILL HOLD ITS SEVENTEENTH MEETING ON

6 AND 7 DECEMBER 1989 IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD. THE MEETING WILL START ON WEDNESDAY 6 DECEMBER AT 10 A.M.

2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR DISCUSSION:

A. REPLIES TO THE STATISTICAL QUESTIONNAIRES;

B. EVALUATION OF THE WORLD MEAT MARKETS SITUATION AND OUTLOOK

(DOCUMENTS: "SITUATION AND OUTLOOK IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEAT

MARKETS" (IMC/W/72 AND ADD.1); "SUMMARY TABLES"

(IMC/W/2/REV.18); "BOVINE MEAT STATISTICS" (ON A COUNTRY-BY-

COUNTRY BASIS, IMC/W/69/REV.1); REPLIES TO THE STATISTICAL QUESTIONNAIRE (PHOTOCOPIES); AND VARIOUS OTHER SETS OF STATISTICS);

C. COMPETITION FROM OTHER MEATS AND EFFECTS OF CEREALS AND

FEEDGRAINS PRODUCTION AND PRICES ON THE COMPETING POSITION OF

SUCH MEATS IN RELATION TO BOVINE MEAT (DOCUMENT: IMC/W/68);

D. OTHER BUSINESS.

3. PARTICIPANTS IN THE ARRANGEMENT WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

A. DUNKEL

89-1680