China halts beef imports from four Australian firms as Covid-19 spat sours trade | Malay Mail

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SYDNEY, May 12 — China has suspended beef imports from four of Australia’s largest meat processors, as the trade of several key agricultural commodities suffers in the wake of souring ties stemming from a dispute over the Covid-19 pandemic. The suspension comes after Australia last month called...

Tuesday, 12 May 2020 05:22 PM MYT

The suspension comes after Australia last month called for an independent inquiry into the origins of the novel coronavirus and just days after China proposed introducing an 80 per cent tariff on Australian barley shipments. Birmingham said Kilcoy Pastoral Company, JBS’s Beef City and Dinmore plants, and the Northern Cooperative Meat Company have been banned from exporting beef to China due to issues with labelling and health certificates.

“Thousands of jobs relate to these meat processing facilities. Many more farmers rely upon them in terms of selling cattle into those facilities,” Birmingham told reporters in Canberra. “First barley now beef,” said Stephen Innes, Chief Global Market Strategist at AxiCorp. “The Aussie has been under pressure most of the day due to tariff issues with China.”

Kilcoy Pastoral Company, its owner China’s New Hope Group, and Northern Cooperative did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

 

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