date:Dec 26, 2012
orestry - DAFF).
Exports to Japan, where typically two thirds of Australian grainfed beef is sent, are at 115,365 tonnes swt, back 12% from the same period in 2011, while exports to Korea (27,793 tonnes swt), the second largest market, are back 22% year-on-year.
Grainfed beef exports to the EU (5,573 tonnes swt) on the other hand are up 45% year-on-year, for the January to November period, underpinned by the expansion of the grainfed beef quota (from 20,000 tonnes to 48,200 tonnes), along with