China has lifted a four-year ban on Australian lobster imports, marking the end of trade restrictions imposed in 2020 in retaliation to Australia's call for an independent investigation into the origin of the coronavirus pandemic. The decision allows Australian lobster shipments to resume immediately, concluding the last remnant of trade barriers between the two countries that had been gradually lifted as their relations normalized. In 2019, Australia's lobster exports to China reached over A$700 million.