The Australian Broadcasting Corporation recently said that thanks to the soaring demand from Chinese consumers, Australian-made goat meat exports to China have surged by more than 4,000% in the past year.
Data shows that in 2022, China accounted for less than 1% of Australia's goat meat exports, but by 2023, this figure has already exceeded 20%. For Australia, China is now the second largest buyer after the United States, with exports to China in the first 10 months of 2022 at 135 tons and 5,578 tons in the first 10 months of 2023.
Australia was able to export goat meat to China in a very short period of time, and it reached an astonishing 4,000%, which to a large extent, and Australia since December last year, whether it is the economic field, or the political field, has leapfrogged towards the positive side.
In December 2022, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong's successful visit to China set off the first step towards improving China-Australia relations, and then the level of exchanges between China and Australia increased until November 2023, when Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese paid an official visit to China. At this point, China is just around the corner to become the largest buyer of Australian goat meat.
It is said that Australia can now sell goat meat to China, but there are many bitter tears behind this. In the past few years, due to the wind and rain, the growth of pasture is gratifying, the number of sheep in Australia's main mutton producing areas has risen sharply, and it stands to reason that it should be able to make a lot of money, but because China almost does not buy, Australian mutton ** fell by 75%, and a sheep was sold for 160 yuan at the worst time.
According to data from the Australian Meat and Livestock Association, the overall number of sheep in Australia in 2023 is about 78.75 million, which is much more than Australia's population of 26 million. In the face of such a situation, 160 yuan sheep is actually not surprising at all.
Now some netizens have reported that they have recently bought Australian imported sheep in the supermarket, ** is about 18 yuan catty, this is really cheap, no wonder it was bought crazy by Chinese consumers, and domestic mutton did not dare to imagine this**. It's winter, the traditional peak season for lamb sales, and Australian lamb sales are likely to grow further.
The rapid recovery of data in Australia and China also reflects fundamental changes in the political and diplomatic spheres of both countries. Although there are still some challenges and difficulties between China and Australia, on the whole, it is clear that there is still more room for cooperation. If the direction is right, it will be able to push the relations between the two countries forward.
When the cold winter comes, will everyone consider buying Australian lamb?