JAPAN SETS 1987/88 FIRST HALF BEEF IMPORT QUOTA
  The Agriculture Ministry said it set
  Japan's beef import quota for the six months from April 1 at
  93,000 tonnes, up from 83,000 in the second half of 1986/87 and
  85,000 a year earlier.
      Under an agreement with the U.S. And Australia, Japan has
  been increasing imports by 9,000 tonnes a year from March 31,
  1985, to reach a projected 177,000 tonnes in the year to March
  31, 1988.
  

