Morocco eager for Australian live sheep even faced with 2028 trade ban

Published 2024년 12월 18일

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The Australian Livestock Exporters' Council (ALEC), led by CEO Mark Harvey-Sutton, recently visited Morocco to discuss potential livestock trade negotiations with the country. Morocco is seeking to import Australian live sheep before a trade ban, but negotiations on protocols have stalled. The country has approved sheep and goat meat imports from Argentina and has turned to Spain for Merinos due to a major drought leading to a need to boost national supplies. ALEC's visit included discussions with Youssef Moussaoui Zoukaghe, an international market developer, about establishing a livestock trade with Australia, given the quality of Australian live animals and meat, and Australia's emphasis on animal welfare. However, time is a limiting factor as Morocco urgently needs solutions to its livestock shortage. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry emphasized that any negotiations will be transparent and in accordance with the government's commitment to end the live sheep trade by May 1, 2028.

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The Australian Livestock Exporters' Council trip to the Middle East included a visit to Casablanca's meat processing plant, which processes around 75,000 tons of red meat annually. Picture supplied. Morocco still wants to import Australian live sheep in the few years before the trade is banned, but negotiations to establish the appropriate protocols appear to have stalled. All articles from our website & app The digital version of This Week's Paper Breaking news alerts direct to your inbox All articles from the other agricultural news sites in your area International market developer Youssef Moussaoui Zoukaghe is based in Spain but has taken part in a number of key projects in Morocco, where a major drought in recent years means the country is heavily invested in boosting national supplies of both livestock and red meat. Just last week Morocco approved imports of sheepmeat and goatmeat from Argentina, while earlier in the year the nation turned to imported Merinos from Spain to ...

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