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China to slap 55% tariff on Australian beef
A ^ | 5 June 2026 | Samantha Donavan

Posted on 06/07/2026 5:32:54 PM PDT by BlackVeil

Australian beef exports to China could be hit with a 55 per cent tariff within days.

Earlier this year, Beijing announced a quota on Australian beef of 205,000 tonnes a year...

(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; China; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agriculture; australia; beef; cattle; ccp; china; meat; quota; samanthadonavan; tariffs; trade

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The purpose of the tariffs, according to China, is to protect their local producers.
1 posted on 06/07/2026 5:32:54 PM PDT by BlackVeil
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To: BlackVeil

When there was that Foot and Mouth scare a couple of decades ago, Japan had stopped importing American beef, and only imported Australian.

I didn’t like it because it was too lean and chewy (rubbery). No fat.

(There was also a shortage of beef because of this, and so many Japanese dished, like gyudon, was impossible to find for a few years.)


2 posted on 06/07/2026 5:39:16 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: BlackVeil

Cool. Trade with Singapore and every country in the Middle East. They don’t have much grazing land.


3 posted on 06/07/2026 5:41:01 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: Bikkuri

Australian beef is grass fed and the herds get a lot of exercise. They look as if they have been doing aerobics. They are not curved, fat and delicious. However, Australian beef is good product. The prime cuts are tender, and the rest can be stewed.


4 posted on 06/07/2026 5:43:25 PM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: Salvavida

Yes, Australian beef producers are scrambling to find other markets. They have a good product - healthy, clean meat.


5 posted on 06/07/2026 5:44:22 PM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: BlackVeil

Good news for Japan...Beef is expensive in Japan, but this should help make it cheaper :-)


6 posted on 06/07/2026 5:45:50 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (RL)
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To: Bikkuri

lucky you can eat kobe beef instead.

just like how i’m so used to berkshire pork now, 50% less ractopamine!


7 posted on 06/07/2026 5:46:35 PM PDT by VAFreedom (Wuhan Pneumonia-Made by CCP, Copyright Xi Jingping)
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To: for-q-clinton

Yes, the opportunity is there.


8 posted on 06/07/2026 5:47:14 PM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: Bikkuri

When I lived on Guam, Aussie beef was all we had.

It’s good meat. More lean than American feedlot beef and more flavorful too.


9 posted on 06/07/2026 6:11:18 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: BlackVeil

We should be importing more beef from Australia. Time to fix the relation between ranchers and processors.


10 posted on 06/07/2026 6:36:25 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: BlackVeil

Send that beef here. Do something, anything to get beef prices down.

I’ve not had a steak this spring/summer because they are stupid expensive and I just won’t spend that.


11 posted on 06/07/2026 7:32:49 PM PDT by Irenic
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To: Irenic

Same with watermelon—stupid expensive and I usually live on watermelon in the summer.


12 posted on 06/07/2026 7:35:18 PM PDT by Irenic
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To: Irenic

https://www.fb.org/market-intel/economics-of-u-s-beef-and-cattle-market


13 posted on 06/07/2026 8:02:48 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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