Monthly Australian cattle shipments totalled 23,021 head in February.
An RTA road train loading cattle onto a livestock vessel at Darwin. Image courtesy of NTLEA.
The volume was 56 percent below the rolling five-year average for the month, and reflected the delayed release of 2024 cattle import permits by the major market of Indonesia until February 16.
The majority of cattle shipments in February, 14,799, went to Indonesia via three ports, with 5907 head exported from Darwin, 5783 from Fremantle and 3109 from Townsville.
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