Economic value of the live export industry
| Project start date: | 25 May 2010 |
| Project end date: | 01 November 2010 |
| Publication date: | 01 November 2011 |
| Project status: | Completed |
| Livestock species: | Sheep, Goat, Lamb, Grassfed cattle, Grainfed cattle |
| Relevant regions: | National |
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Summary
As part of an ongoing assessment of the contribution of the live export industry to the Australian livestock industries and the wider economy by LiveCorp and Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), the CIE was engaged to update and provide an independent and comprehensive assessment of the value of the live export industry. To estimate the contribution of the live export industry, this study has assessed the potential impact of closing the live export trade on prices and quantities across the entire livestock industry. This study updates the analysis by Hassall and Associates (2006). This impact is the differential between farm gate returns and incomes in the live export and processing industries with and without the live trade. The differential has been estimated for the period 2005-06 to 2008-09. However, this report does not attempt to directly estimate the impact on the wider Australian economy in terms of jobs and gross domestic product.
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| Project manager: | Sharon Dundon |
| Primary researcher: | Centre for International Cost analysis |
