NT Livestock Exporters chairman David Warriner says a blow-out in both regulatory charges and additional compliance costs in the export supply chain is threatening to dangerously undermine the northern cattle export trade.
The Federal Government has a cost-recovery policy requiring that the costs Departments incur to provide regulatory services to agricultural exporters be paid by those who benefit directly from the service, rather than the general public.
Livestock exporters say that while they accept the principle of cost recovery, the costs they are being asked to pay have tripled in…
