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Middle eastern customers run away from live sheep
21 Sep 2004
Australian live sheep exports fell in July by 63 per cent compared with 2003, to 156,759 head, the Australian Bureau of Statistics estimate. The decline in sheep exports contributed to a 40 per cent drop in total live sheep exports for the first seven months of 2004, to 1.86 million head according to Meat and Livestock Australia. Most of the drop in July's shipments is due to the suspension of live exports to Saudi Arabia, though exports to Kuwait declined by 80 per cent. The decline in export volumes led to reduced earnings, with the value of live exports in July down by two thirds over 2003.
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