The proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) now sees 81 per cent of Australian agricultural exports destined for countries with which Australia has a preferential trade agreement…Read More
Grain Central, September 18, 2020
Up to 1.5Mt of Australian new-crop wheat sales appear to be on the books, with Vietnam followed by China seen as major buyers. Shippers are hopeful China takes the tonnage amid notifications of more stringent inspections. ..Read More
Liz Wells, September 16, 2020
In the 2019/20 marketing year, China accounted for just over 22pc of total world cotton production, exported only a small amount of cotton lint and was the world’s largest importer of cotton…Read More
Grain Central, September 14, 2020
A rule change on imports into India is likely to have little impact on the grain-oilseed trade, other than a little bit of extra paperwork…Read More
Andrew Whitelaw, Thomas Elder Markets, September 9, 2020
The value of Australian grain and sugar exports rose in 2019/20, but cotton exports dropped dramatically, according to Rural Bank’s Australian Agriculture Trade 2019/20 report…Read More
Grain Central, August 31, 2020
Australia’s barley industry is hoping the strengthening relationship between India and Australia will open the Indian market to Australian barley…Read More
Liz Wells, June 15, 2020
Wheat futures bounced off an eight-month low last week as concerns for the state of the EU winter crop added to deteriorating conditions in Russia, Ukraine and most of south eastern Europe…Read More
Grain Brokers Australia, May 26, 2020
Some deduce China’s recent trade impositions on Australia stem from Australia’s advocacy for an investigation into the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is a longer history of simmering tensions between the two nations…Read More
Australia will continue to apply the principles of a rules-based global trading system in response to recent moves by China to impose a tariff on Australian barley imports and suspend four Australian meat processing plants…Read More
Neil Lyon, May 21, 2020
The Australian barley industry has called on the Australian Government to use World Trade Organization (WTO) mechanisms to lessen the impact of China’s tariffs which have been placed on Australian barley…Read More
Grain Central, May 19, 2020
Indonesia has completed the domestic ratification process for the free trade deal with Australia, clearing the way for the bilateral agreement to come into effect on July 5 with Australian grain among the early beneficiaries…Read More
Grain Central, May 14, 2020
The global spread of COVID-19 is making the short-term outlook for Australia’s agricultural sectors increasingly uncertain, according to the ABARES…Read More
Grain Central, April 23, 2020