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Australian Lobster Sector Claws Back Trade After China Ban
12/26/20 AT 11:18 PM
Even in the scorching Australian summer sun, long queues of customers snake around Fremantle harbour a soothing sight for beleaguered local fishermen trying to replace lost business with China.
Australia s rock lobster exports are worth half a billion US dollars a year and in normal times, 94 percent of them go to China. Australian fisherman Joe Paratore displays his catch of the day to customers at the harbour in Fremantle Photo: AFP / TREVOR COLLENS
But all that changed a few weeks ago, when Beijing imposed a near-total import ban on lobster, part of a broader politically charged shadow trade war .
Australian lobster sector claws back after China ban
AFP, FREMANTLE, Australia
Even in the scorching Australian summer sun, long queues of customers snake around Fremantle harbor a soothing sight for beleaguered local fishers trying to replace lost business with China.
Australia’s rock lobster exports are worth about US$500 million a year and in normal times, 94 percent of them go to China.
All that changed a few weeks ago, when Beijing imposed a near-total import ban on lobster, part of a broader politically charged “shadow trade war.”
Lobster fisher Joe Paratore displays his catch in Fremantle, Australia, on Dec. 10.
Photo: AFP
Australian lobster sector claws back trade after China ban
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Australian summer sun, long queues of customers snake around Fremantle
harbour a soothing sight for beleaguered local fishermen trying to replace
lost business with China. and in normal times, 94 percent of them go to China.
But all that changed a few weeks ago, when Beijing imposed a near-total
import ban on lobster, part of a broader politically charged “shadow trade
war”.
told AFP. “Our income has been reduced considerably.”
Relations between Canberra and Beijing have been in free-fall for most of
this year, with China hitting out at a list of issues including Australia’s
FREMANTLE, Australia: Even in the scorching Australian summer sun, long queues of customers snake around Fremantle harbor a soothing sight for beleaguered local fishermen trying to replace lost business with China.
Australia’s rock lobster exports are worth half a billion US dollars a year and in normal times, 94 percent of them go to China.
But all that changed a few weeks ago, when Beijing imposed a near-total import ban on lobster, part of a broader politically charged “shadow trade war.”
“It has affected us drastically,” third-generation fisherman Fedele Camarda told AFP. “Our income has been reduced considerably.”
Relations between Canberra and Beijing have been in free-fall for most of this year, with China hitting out at a list of issues including Australia’s call for an inquiry into the origins of COVID-19 and a ban on Huawei’s participation in the nation’s 5G network.