WHAT ARE THE MAJOR INDUSTRY MARKETS?
The export meat industry in Australia is a large and important part of Australia’s economy. The export of meat and livestock from Australia is now worth in excess of $8 billion a year.
Australia is the world’s seventh largest beef producer and second largest exporter of red meat. Beef production is widespread across Australia with around 28.5 million head of cattle across over 77,000 properties. Over 2,000 pork producers supply around 5.6 million pigs to the market annually. Australia’s 74.7 million sheep are reared for both wool and meat, and farmed on over 45,000 properties.
Australia’s major meat markets include:
- USA
- European Union (EU)
- Middle East
- Canada
- Japan
- Taiwan
- South Korea
- Singapore
- China
WHO CAN SUPPLY PRODUCTS TO THE EXPORT MARKET?
There are specific government regulations and standards that are controlled by the Department of Agriculture. These regulations apply to meat businesses that supply export markets. A company can only export if it has the appropriate export registration with Department of Agriculture. Any raw meat materials used in an export product must be supplied from another export registered business. Products produced at an export-registered business can be sold on both the export market and on the domestic market.