With the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in China, Australian beef exports increase in January 2023

Published 2023년 2월 13일

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Recent easing of Covid-19 restrictions in China has led to a notable increase in Australian beef shipments, with the volume of beef sent to China rising significantly. This is due to the resumption of active buying by Chinese markets and the suspension of covid tests for imports of chilled and frozen foods, which had previously caused delays at ports. Australia's livestock production was earlier hit by fires in June 2019, but the process of rebuilding the herd is now showing positive results. The positive trend in Australian exports to China is further bolstered by the logistical advantage of faster delivery times for Australian products to Chinese ports.

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With the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in China, Australian beef shipments have become easier in the last month and the volume shipped has also increased. According to information from the Beef Central website, the Chinese are actively buying Australian beef again. During the pandemic, China began testing to see if it had contamination in beef shipped from other countries. China even suspended shipments from eight slaughterhouses of beef and lamb from Australia between May 2020 and September 2021. However, the Covid tests carried out for imports of chilled and frozen foods were suspended on January 8, which has facilitated port procedures. “It seems that there has been a change in checking at ports for Australian beef, which was previously exposed to long waiting periods, and was even longer than products from Brazil,” said a source on the Beef Central website. Safras & Mercado analyst Fernando Henrique Iglesias pointed out that livestock production in Australia was impacted by ...

Source: NoticiasAgricolas