ALMOST all Australia’s red meat exports are being realised into countries the nation had free trade agreements with, producers were told at the Meat & Livestock Australia Update in Bendigo yesterday.
MLA’s general manager – international markets, Andrew Cox, said Australia’s red meat industry had a fantastic advantage in export market access.
“It’s a really powerful story that often gets overlooked for example with the media at the moment with the European Union deal falling through and China particularly, the suspensions of beef plants etcetera.”