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China-Australia relations: rock lobsters to face ‘severe’ competition if Beijing lifts trade ban

發佈時間 2nd Feb 2023 @ 4:43 PM

China-Australia relations: rock lobsters to face ‘severe’ competition if Beijing lifts trade ban

 

  • China is reportedly discussing customs clearance for Australian lobsters two years after imposing import restrictions
  • Australian lobster exporters will be relishing the chance to return to their biggest market, but they now face more competition, importers say
Fisherman Joe Paratore shows a rock lobster aboard his boat in Fremantle, Western Australia. Photo: AFP
Fisherman Joe Paratore shows a rock lobster aboard his boat in Fremantle, Western Australia. Photo: AFP

Australian rock lobsters are set to face “severe” competition from Cuba and Vietnam if they return to Chinese restaurant tables, as Beijing mulls easing import restrictions amid thawing of trade tensions with Canberra.

China is discussing customs clearance for Australian lobsters two years after imposing import restrictions amid a volatile trade spat, the chairman of Hong Kong Chamber of Seafood Merchants has said.

Coal was seemingly the first to benefit from the easing of political and trade tensions with Canberra after reports emerged earlier this month that Beijing had lifted its unofficial ban on the commodity.

 

 

China-Australia relations: envoy’s rock lobster visit raises hopes of further easing of trade bans

  • Long Dingbin, China’s envoy at its Perth consulate, visited the world’s largest exporter of Australian rock lobsters after reports an unofficial ban on coal will be lifted
  • Visit took place on the same day Beijing’s ambassador said that China and Australia will ‘come back to a normal kind of relationship’ amid an easing of tensions