Australian-Indonesian Live Cattle Trade-What Future?
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2014
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Trewin, Ray
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Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
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Australian live cattle exports were a growing $1 billion trade from northern Australia to Indonesia for finishing and slaughter for Indonesian consumers. This all changed in recent years with the trade being disrupted by a series of constraints which have shrunk the trade and raised uncertainty. Will it ever get back on trend or continue to shrink and disappear? Greater integration between Australia�s live cattle trade and Indonesia�s cattle feeding and processing industries through investment and technological transfer offers the potential of not only better meeting Indonesia�s beef security but also strong processed meat opportunities in rich neighbours to the benefit of both countries. A continuation of the recent volatile and uncertain trade will be detrimental to both countries, with Indonesia losing a food-secure, reliable livestock supply to which value was added, and Australia a significant industry for one more dependent on costlier markets.
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Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies
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