Australian beef exporters are on high alert following reports that China may temporarily suspend all meat imports from Australia and New Zealand due to concerns about foot and mouth disease.
World Meat Imports Report, said Beijing was immediately suspending customs clearance and cargo release for all Australian and New Zealand agricultural commodities on Monday that they were alarmed by the reports, fearing an escalation of existing tariffs on Australian exports by Beijing. Some of Australia’s biggest abattoirs have been banned from China since 2020 and Beijing also has in place long-standing bans on Australian barley, wine, seafood and forestry products.Tony Seabrook, the president of Pastoralists and Graziers Association in Western Australia, said it would mark a new low in trade relations if China had banned all beef exports.
However, they said they would not be surprised if China used the threat of foot and mouth disease to justify a ban on all meat products even though Australia remained free of the virus.
Time to move CCP on and work on other markets to help make CCP pay a Premium
Another button own goal? sparking this ‘crisis’ off? any wreck of Aus, seems fine as long as it makes AlboMP & labor look bad to voters? It would really be forward thinking to unite aus & realise infighting makes us weak. Ask Fiona Simpson what she thinks.
Let em starve
They will find any excuses to not buy 🤣