AUSTRALIAN cattle exports to China surged in January, but the jump in volume masks a tougher trading environment than the data at first glance suggests, according to a leading market figure.
Australia exported 28,806 head in January, the largest monthly volume to the market according to readily available records going back to 2016.
The total included two large shipments which each carried approximately 10,000 cattle – mostly dairy heifers along with Angus and Hereford breeding cattle – from two Australian exporters.
The monthly volume was pushed higher by a…