Tridge summary
The Australian sheep industry in Western Australia is facing challenges and finding new markets for live sheep exports is seen as a potential solution. One such market is Indonesia, which has shown interest in importing more feeder and slaughter sheep and goats, despite current lack of protocols for these animals. The Australian Livestock Exporters Council (ALEC) welcomes this market opportunity, citing food security needs in countries like Indonesia, Egypt, and Morocco. ALCE also highlights that these protocols can be established regardless of the Australian government's plans to phase out live sheep exports by sea. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry confirms ongoing discussions with the industry about market access priorities and emphasizes that trade can still occur without a formally negotiated protocol.
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Developing additional live sheep market could go a long way to helping the sheep industry in WA. Picture supplied ALEC. The potential growth of live sheep exports to Indonesia and other markets has been raised as one way of helping the beleagured West Australian sheep industry. LiveCorp chairman Troy Setter said there was reasonable demand for live sheep in Indonesia and if protocols were developed that would ease the way to grow the industry. "There are breeder sheep and breeder goats that go in there, but we've seen an increase in demand recently particularly from Northern Indonesia, but there's no current protocols for feeder or slaughter sheep or goats to Indonesia," he said. "They have been working on it for a while and there's been a bit of recent spurred interest in it. "There's a huge market opportunity, there are more than 270 million people, the vast majority who are Muslim so they don't eat pork. "All markets so small so it's a pretty exciting opportunity." Australian ...
Source: Queenslandcountrylife
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