Posted on 04/14/2025 9:32:06 PM PDT by Cronos
Australia’s cattle industry is experiencing a significant boost in exports to China as US beef shipments have ground to a halt amid escalating trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
The US’ $2.5 billion beef trade to China has effectively ceased after about 300 abattoirs failed to have their export licenses renewed, creating an unexpected opportunity for Australian producers.
Statistics from Meat and Livestock Australia show Australian grain-fed beef exports to China have surged nearly 40% in February and March compared to the same period last year, with 21,886 tonnes shipped during those months.
“Australia is now the lone supplier of high-quality white fat marbled beef into China,” global meat analyst Brett Stuart told an industry conference, noting that US beef sales to China have “fallen to zero.”
China’s retaliatory tariffs on US beef have reached 116%, effectively pricing American producers out of what was their third-largest export market. In 2024, the US exported $1.6 billion worth of beef to China before the trade disruption.
Industry experts warn that while Australian producers are benefiting in the short term, the broader economic impact of the US-China trade war could eventually harm global demand.
“In the short term this trade war might present opportunities for Australian beef exports, but the bigger picture here is, if this tariff war slows growth in both the US and China, then demand for a lot of the things we sell overseas would slow,” said Australian shadow trade minister Kevin Hogan.
The impasse began after China “had still not renewed the eligibility of any US beef establishments” following the March 16 deadline, according to the US Meat Export Federation, which described the situation as “definitely hitting our March beef shipments harder.”
Speaking at a meat processing industry conference, Bindaree Food Group’s Andrew Simpson said the trade tensions were creating indirect opportunities for Australian exporters: “If there’s a tit-for-tat around the globe and countries like Japan or China push up reciprocal tariffs, it may prevent American beef becoming commercially viable into those regions and Australian beef will fill the gap, which could present a short-term opportunity.”
Rabobank global strategist Michael Every cautioned that Australia should be mindful of the geopolitical implications, noting: “Fundamentally, it will come down to the US trying to set terms to China, decouple where it can, and then saying to everyone else globally — and particularly in the West, like Australia — so, are you with us or not?”
Australia has previously declined China’s offer to “join hands” against Trump’s tariffs. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that Australia will “speak for ourselves” rather than align with China’s trade strategy, with Defence Minister Richard Marles stating the nation would not be “holding China’s hand.”
Australian officials have instead focused on diversifying trade relationships, with Trade Minister Don Farrell holding meetings with Japan, Singapore, South Korea and India in recent days as part of efforts to reduce reliance on both China and the US.
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So they have ground beef shipments to a halt?
I’ve had Australian beef. Bought a prime rib roast and slow roasted it, cooked it to medium, nice and pink. Tasted kind of gamey, kind of tasted a bit like iron if you know what I mean, not a good flavor. Checked out the wrapper, and saw it was from Australia. The Chinese can have it, not for me.
Beef from a prison Colony,
More beef of ours 🎯 to us🎯.
Got a discount on beef dogs this week.
The Strayans have managed to breed Angus with ‘roos.
Or Anguroos. Their rump roasts must be marinated for days.
They are difficult to herd and leave diners feeling ‘jumpy’.
“It was something like eating the sole of a Corcoran jump boot.” Gordon Ramsay “Better have a good set of teeth, mate.”
What with the chemicals and pesticides the US allows to use on its food, I can’t say as I blame them.
Whatever it takes.
The USA cannot go on the way it has for the last 40 years on mass de-industrialization and trade deficits.
The USA is supposedly the world’s most advanced economy and the major exports are agricultural products. (like some Third World country that can’t produce anything else)
Australia must be exporting their lower tier beef. Having lived in AU these past eight years, I can assure you the beef is top notch and I’ve found the taste better than I had in America.
American beef is very good, but Aussie is a bit better. Second class export beef is probably what you had.
Thinking of having a tomahawk steak tonight.
If I wanted to eat kangaroo, I drive down to Jack In The Box.
I remember that. It was in the mid-70s. Much better burgers then 😁. Skippy is very lean.
Back when the Mad-Cow stuff broke out a couple of decades ago, Japan had stopped all beef imports except for Australia.
I didn’t like it.. not juicy, lots of gristle.
I thought I was the only one that remembered that.. I was still pretty young back then, and that incident is what caused me to never eat at Jack-in-the-Box.
As a matter of fact.. trying to remember the name of the burger joint we would go to. I think it was called “Burger Chef”. No idea whether it was a local or chain.
(Of course, we had the original Whataburger when it was still only in Texas too.)
Beef will cost more in Australia and will cost less in the US. Simple supply and demand.
Unfortunately true
Trade deficits don’t mean as much as people think.
Singapore is a net importer and has been for decades, but still its economy has grown rapidly and it has had a higher gdp per capita than the US since 2013. It does not matter if you are a net importer if the vast majority of your wealth is generated internally.
If anything its a long term benefit if it means your trading partner becomes rich and can better afford to buy your stuff.
America’s high-tech high value manufacturers would not do too well if everybody outside the US was too poor to afford to buy from them.
Trump thinks trade is a zero sum game where the country that exports more than it imports is the winner and the one that imports is the loser, which is total BS if the trade is allowing both economies to grow.
You are an economic retard and a traitor.
Our stuff? We don't make much stuff to export anymore. So again what stuff? Our food, real estate, farm land, businesses, buildings, infrastructue? This how you become a an economic zone of China you idiot.
I wonder, if there was a war with China over Taiwan whose side would you be on? Really, I am not sure which side someone ( a disgusting globalist POS ) like you would choose.a
Explain to me how that is "unfortunate"?
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