Easing Australian cattle prices contributed to an increase in export activity to Vietnam in July, while exports to Indonesia slumped further amid the ongoing foot-and-mouth disease outbreak affecting the country.
Australia exported 48,334 head in July, latest figures from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry show.
That was 4860 head higher than June, but 37 percent below the five-year average for July.
Exports to Indonesia totalled just 18,150 head, down on the 25,730 head exported last month, and almost 60 percent below the July five-year average.
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