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Australian hay growers brace for China hit as export permits lapse amid trade tensions
Australia’s $160-million hay export market to China could be the latest casualty in the ongoing trade tensions between China and Australia.
Key points:
- China has failed to renew dozens of hay export licences
- China is Australia’s second largest fodder export market, worth $160 million
- Hay growers are under pressure to change planting plans this season
Since the end of last month, 28 Australian businesses exporting hay to China have not had their expired permits renewed.
Western Australia grows just under half of Australia’s 1.2 million tonnes of hay and straw exports, with South Australia and Victoria other key hay-growing states.
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