AUSTRALIANS are known for a healthy love of beer, but we're being dwarfed by China when it comes to having a cold one (or a cold several billion). China's thirst for beer - and the barley that helps make it - shows no signs of being quenched any timesoon. China is Australia's largest market for barley by far, taking 4.2 million tonnes worth $1.2 billion each year. Australian barley is used in the premium brewing sector and is also increasingly in demand for animal feed.
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