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18 April 2024
Last Friday, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) published the April Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade report, which included updated forecasts of US beef imports and exports. The forecasts show a substantial shift in prospective US trade flows. Although US export forecasts have been revised up slightly, US imports have been revised up by 184,000 tonnes carcase weight equivalent (cwe) to 1.89 million tonnes cwe. This means that the net trade balance for 2024 (exports minus imports) has been revised down 175,000 tonnes to minus 622,000 tonnes, the largest deficit since 2008.

01 February 2024
MLA has just released its annual global market snapshots for 2024, providing an updated understanding of Australia’s competitive advantages and growth opportunities in key global markets.

01 February 2024
In 2023, Australia exported a total volume of 1.84 million shipped weight tonnes of red meat to over 100 countries worth a record A$17.08 bn for the 12 months ending November 2023.

20 December 2023
This year has brought its fair share of challenges, from complex geopolitics to drier weather conditions in Australia, cost-of-living concerns, and a backdrop of uncertain global economic growth. But from a program perspective, it is also the year when a lot of the planning and development undertaken by MLA’s international team has come to life.

20 December 2023
There have been plenty of challenges and uncertainty in the livestock sector this year. Markets and weather dominating so much of the commentary. While we are aware of the challenges and supporting the industry as best as we can, at Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), we’ve also been busy telling Australian red meat’s good news story to industry and consumers, here and overseas. I wanted to quickly share with you what we’ve been up to this year and some personal highlights as I sign off as Managing Director at Christmas.

19 December 2023
A group of representatives from the Australia-EU Red Meat Market Access Taskforce travelled to Osaka, Japan, in October 2023 to coincide with Trade Minister Don Farrell’s meeting with his EU counterpart for the intention of finalising a free trade agreement between Australia and the European Union.

19 December 2023
As Australian red meat supply picks up, MLA is supporting exporters and levy payers to capitalise on the positive trading conditions in North America.

19 December 2023
After its recent launch this year, the Aussie Meat Trade Hub has quickly become MLA’s single-source for resources and services to assist with buying, selling, promoting and marketing Australian beef, lamb and goatmeat products internationally across global markets. As an Australian exporter and/or producer, you may be eligible to be listed on the Aussie Meat Trade Hub Exporters Database.ase