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China’s trade sanctions on Australian agriculture force farmers to find new markets
Farmers who fell victim to the multi-billion-dollar China-Australia trade spat are seeing signs for optimism as they find new customers for their produce.
Key points:
- Farmers caught out in Australia’s trade dispute with China are finding new markets for their produce
- The cost of tariffs and the unofficial trade bans is unclear
- Cotton, barley diversify, lobster exporters still face an uncertain future
Barley growers say they are getting good prices from markets in the Middle East and Asia, while wool, wheat and dairy are largely unaffected by the trade bans and, despite impacts on some abattoirs, red meat sales to China remain high.
Cotton growers are also making some inroads in markets including Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Bangladesh…
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