Australia Hails New Beef Export Deal With China

Published on July 5, 2024

Beijing has granted permission for a new Australian meat establishment to export beef to China for the first time since 2017. On July 5, the government announced that the Australian Meat Group (AMG), a meat processing and export business in Melbourne, had been approved for beef exports to China. AMG currently has a processing capacity of 1,500 head of cattle per day and employs over 1,000 people. The government attributed the approval to “ongoing technical discussions” between the two countries. Agriculture Minister Murray Watt welcomed the news and touted the importance of the approval to Australia’s meat industry. “The China market has long been an important destination for Australian beef and veal,” he said....

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