Meat drives Australia-Japan/Korea sector

摘要

Australia is one of the main suppliers of red meat to North East Asia. Japan imports 60% of its meat consumption and Australia supplied 70% of it in 2010. t Australia's average beef exports to Japan have exceeded 345,000 tonnes per annum over the past decade and in 2010 some 356,211 tonnes of frozen beef was shipped in both containers and reefer ships. Indeed, Japan is Australia's largest beef export market, with an estimated 38% of the nation's volume and 39% in its value being consumed in the North East Asia country. Exports to Japan currently generate in excess of AUDI.72 (USD1.69) billion a year.