Exports have been halted and shipping containers filled with Australian meat are stranded at sea as the Middle East conflict takes a toll on trade.

CANBERRA (Reuters) -Australian sheep farmers are cashing in on record-high sheep prices, as rising global demand for lamb and mutton fuels a boom in exports from the world's top sheep meat supplier.

Australian beef exporters are facing a dramatic reversal as China imposes a 55 per cent tariff, just months after record-breaking export success for the sector. Newly released figures by the ...

DUBAI, 26th January, 2026 (WAM) -- Australian meat exports to the United Arab Emirates reached approximately AED800 million in 2025, while exports to the Middle East and North Africa recorded a new ...

Not since COVID in 2019-20 has the export logistics industry for red meat faced such challenges as those being seen this week from the Middle East conflict that’s arisen in the past ten days...Read Mo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Bloomberg) -- China has now lifted all restrictions on exports from Australian meat works, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, ...

As the region’s conflict escalates, Iran has warned it will attack any ship attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz — the key gateway to Gulf nations — prompting hundreds of vessels to drop ...

The government is transitioning to fully recover the cost of ­export regulation services – documentation, assessments, inspections and audits – which have soared 44 per cent in five years. Key export ...