Middle East trading partners say '50 years of working with Australia' has been thrown out the door following the decision to end live sheep exports by sea.
Middle East ern importers are worried about what the end of Australia's live sheep export trade will mean for their consumers and business.
Acting chief executive Ahmed Ayoub Al Majed said the ban would have a huge impact in the Middle East."It's very disturbing for us to end the business like that … after 50 years of working with Australia." But Mr Al Majed said he did not believe any other country would be able to match Australia in terms of quality, efficiency, disease control, and meeting the specific type of sheep his markets required.
"The transition package will allow us to continue to respond to growing global demand for sheepmeat."Ms Collins said $27 million of the package would be put towards enhancing demand within Australia and internationally for Australian sheep products, including in Kuwait.Mr Al Majed said the amount of time the Australian government had allocated to transition away from the trade was not enough.In one shipment, Australia can supply 75,000 sheep, and last year KLTT imported 400,000 head.
Mr Al Majed said of all the countries he had been in business with, Australia had the best animal welfare standards.
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