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The reside sheep export business is a crucial trade to Australia, providing an important market for sheep producers to sell their livestock to and underpinning the home sheep farming industry.

Nearly all of sheep are exported from the port of Fremantle in Western Australia, with almost three quarters of Australian sheep exported from this port in 2009. Over 50% of sheep from the sheep manufacturing industry in Western Australia are exported dwell overseas, making the business particularly necessary to the Western Australian economy. Other ports that export dwell sheep embrace Portland and Port Adelaide.

Australian sheep are exported to countries throughout the Center East, primarily Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar and the UAE. In 2009 over 3.5 million sheep had been exported to these countries, with Kuwait taking 950,000 head and and Bahrain taking 747,000 head of sheep respectively. The number of sheep exported in 2009 represented a drop of 15% on the previous yr, with demand for the live export of sheep far outstripping supply in the Australian sheep production trade final year. This has resulted in calls for the sheep farming trade to rebuild sheep flocks in the coming years.

In 2009 the dwell export of sheep contributed A$323 million to the Australian economy.

Australia additionally has a stay cattle export trade and a live goat export trade, primarily exporting to international locations throughout South East Asia. Indonesia is the first marketplace for the live cattle export trade, and Malaysia is the primary marketplace for the reside goat export industry. The dwell cattle export industry contributed A$662 million to the Australian economic system in 2009, and the live goat export trade contributed A$11.5 million.

Australia is also involved within the meat export trade, exporting chilled and frozen beef, sheep and goat meat merchandise to countries the world over in addition to exporting livestock. It is because there is demand for pink meat products as well as livestock from overseas countries, and Meat and Livestock Australia invests in promoting all of these merchandise to shoppers overseas.

This is the reason arguments that Australia may cease supplying stay sheep exports and exchange them with sheep meat exports are usually not realistic. The two trades are complementary, and it is not so simple as changing one commerce with the other as they serve the wants of different customers in Middle Japanese markets.

Meat and Livestock Australia and LiveCorp make investments heavily in improving the welfare of sheep, cattle and goats all through the livestock export industry.

This investment includes packages to enhance the welfare of live sheep exports as soon as they arrive within the Center East. This contains employing a workforce of animal welfare consultants that work with local veterinarians, stockmen, truck drivers, feedlot operators and port staff to improve how Australian sheep are cared for within the region.

This team provides training courses to local workers, upgrades services and installs new equipment and infrastructure to enhance the care of Australian sheep overseas.

Highlights of this work in 2009 included the event of a sheep trolley, which assists local staff in the Center East to move sheep humanely and efficiently. The trolleys have been distributed to every major importing nation in the region and permit sheep to be comfortably wheeled from feedlots to processing facilities.

It additionally included the installation of recent port discharge services in Kuwait, which have ensured sheep are capable of be unloaded in Shuwaikh Port safely and securely.

This work has made a major difference to the welfare of dwell sheep exports from Australia, and the reside sheep export industry is dedicated to persevering with to improve animal welfare in the international locations we export to.