Last year, Australia imported more than six million bottles of champagne, a rise of 1.4 percent, which makes Australia the sixth largest export market in the world.
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Global milk prices drop overnight
Global dairy prices have dropped overnight to represent the lowest levels in nine months.
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NASAA secures trade access deal with China
NASAA has secured approval from Chinese regulators for its certification arm, NASAA Certified Organic, to inspect organic operations within Australia for export to China.
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China wants a story, not just a fine Australian wine
As the Chinese middle class increases its taste for Australian wine, they too are becoming more interested in the regions from where it is made according to Shanghai based Wine Australia representative, Jessie Qian.
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Agricultural exports to China worth $7.3b, ABARES
According to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), agricultural exports to China have doubled in five years to represent $7.3b in 2013.
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$91m Darwin abattoir operational later this year
The Australian Agricultural Company’s $91 million meatworks is expected to be operational by the second half of 2014, with construction well underway.
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Can Australia win from FTAs in the Asian Century?
Australia and South Korea are entering a Free Trade Agreement, but before you think “advanced Western country gains access to a large Asian market”, think again.
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Australian trade beats aid in boosting global food security
I believe our future lies in playing to our strengths. The Australian agricultural business model should not be to produce cheap food for the world’s poor, but rather expensive food for rich, largely Asian, consumers.
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SPC Ardmona and the cheap Chinese food challenge
The political lobbying accompanying the government's decision to withhold financial support from SPC Ardmona has overshadowed the big structural issues facing Australia’s preserved food industry.
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Aussie beef by-products banned in Russia following growth stimulant detection
Australian beef by-products have been temporarily banned in Russia following the detection of trenbolone, an active ingredient in hormone growth promotants.
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Record beer sales for Coopers
For the first time in the company’s history, Coopers Brewery passed 70 million litres in beer sales last year.
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Dollar drop needs to continue to boost wine market: Taylors MD
The Aussie dollar needs to keep sliding in order for the local wine industry to recoup lost business in the export market, says managing director of Taylors Wines, Mitchell Taylor.
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Live exports debate reignited over 4,000 sheep deaths
The live exports debate has been reignited following the death of more than 4,000 sheep on a ship bound for Qatar.
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New $3.5m research centre to focus on grain growth
A new $3.5 million research centre, the Australian Research Council Centre for Functional Grains, aims to make the country’s grain industry a high value export market.
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Indefinite extension of Tassie’s GM ban
As a means of protecting the state’s reputation as a clean food producer, Tasmania has extended indefinitely its moratorium on genetically modified crops and animals.
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Drought to thank for record red meat exports
A record 1.1 million tonnes of beef and veal, and 213,715 tonnes of lamb were exported last year, thanks to the dry conditions experienced across the country.
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Infrastructure threatening Australia’s capacity to be Asian food bowl: CBH
Andrew Crane, managing director of Australia’s biggest grain exporter, CBH Group, has said Australia can’t assume it will be Asia’s food bowl in the future, with questionable infrastructure threatening the country’s ability to take advantage of valuable export opportunities.
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Aussie table grapes to enter Korean market
Minister for Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce has announced that Australian table grape producers should soon be able to export to the Korean market following the finalisation of associated trade conditions.
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Agricultural exports to hit $38b
Australia’s agricultural exports are expected to hit $38 billion in the next financial year, up approximately eight percent on the average for the past five years.
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Abbott announces fruit and vegetable FTA with Korea
The Federal Government has announced a free trade agreement with Korea which will see the elimination of tariffs on potatoes, carrots, tomatoes and a number of other horticultural products.
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