Drought, not bushfires, will force drop in supplies from Australia as second biggest halal meat exporter
Bushfires currently raging in Australia are yet to have an impact on supplies from the world’s second-biggest halal meat exporter.
It is a three-year drought, however, that stands to have the biggest effect on Australia’s $2.4 billion of meat and livestock exports to Muslim-majority countries.
The way it currently stands, dairy cattle exports are most likely to be affected by the fires, which are concentrated in the south and east of the country, while beef production has largely been spared.
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