FED: Live sheep exports reach ten year high

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: May 22, 2001 | Copyright information

AAP General News (Australia)
05-22-2001
FED: Live sheep exports reach ten year high

SYDNEY, May 22 AAP - Australia's live sheep exports to the Middle East had reached
a 10-year high with the region accounting for more than 97 per cent of our total sheep
exports, Country Labor said today.

Between March 2000 and March 2001, 5.9 million sheep were sold to the Middle East,
the best figure in 10 years.

"Last year, Aussie sheep producers sold a whopping $280 million to the Middle East,"

Country Labor Member Tony Kelly said in a statement.

"It's good to see our farmers exporting their heads ...

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