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Streamlined Export Control Bill passes Parliament
Grain industry businesses urged to protect themselves
THE passing of the Ex- port Control Bill 2019 will improve the legisla- tive framework and help increase market access for Australian exports.
Agriculture, fisher- ies and forestry exports are an economic pow- erhouse for Australia, expected to be worth about $51 billion in 2019-20.
Minister for Agricul- ture David Littleproud said the new legislation would safeguard Aus- tralia’s reputation as a
reliable, high-quality source of exports.
“The government is committed to growing Australia’s agricultural sector and market ac- cess through exports,” he said.
“The streamlining of export legislation will support the export of a broader range of prod- ucts produced by our farmers.
“The new Bill will be- come the central pillar of the new agricultural export framework.
“It will make the leg- islation easier to use while maintaining our commitment to meet- ing importing country requirements.”
The Bill removes du- plication and makes ex- port provisions consist- ent across commodities where possible.
“Commodity specific export rules are cur- rently being drafted to support the Bill and will be shared with stake- holders as they are de- veloped,” Minister Lit- tleproud said.
“There is much to do before the new export legislation commences early next year and my department is continu- ing to work closely with exporters and trading partners.”
SPEAKING at the 2020 Victorian Farmers Fed- eration Grains Confer- ence in Moama recently, the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell urged small businesses in the grain industry to take steps to future-proof their operations.
“Small businesses have been hit hard over the past 15 years with a spate of insolvencies across larger grain- buying businesses leav- ing millions owed to growers,” Ms Carnell said.
“These Australian grain traders’ insolven- cies have cost small business growers more
than $50 million since the year 2000.
“It’s important small businesses in the grains industry do what they can to protect their busi- nesses.
“I’d encourage these small businesses to do their due diligence on customers by making sure they pay on time, checking the business register to confirm de- tails and doing neces- sary credit checks.
“Grain growers should try to avoid being reli- ant on one customer to reduce their risk.
“If a customer be- comes insolvent, contact the external administra- tor to make sure you are recorded as a credi-
tor and attend meetings throughout the process.
“Like all small busi- nesses, grain growers should stop supply if they haven’t been paid.
“Insolvency in the grain industry – par- ticularly the impact it’s
had on small businesses – is an issue that is be- ing looked at as part of our ongoing Insolvency Practices Inquiry.”
The final Insolvency Practices Inquiry report is set to be handed down at the end of March.
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INTEREST Group of Pig Owners of Ger- many (ISN) reports tight cross-border sup- ply has caused another increase in live pig prices in the European marketplace.
A price increase of 5 cents was observed in Germany, the Neth- erlands, Belgium and Austria.
The German quo- tation is reported to have played an impor- tant role in the current
price development on the European pigs- mature-for-slaughter market.
Since pig stocks in Germany have been declining for years, the competition among slaughter com- panies is high.
Simultaneously, Ger- man suppliers are making aggressive of- fers on the European meat market due to concerns over African swine fever, accord-
ing to a report from Spain.
Moderate price in- creases are being ob- served in Spain and France this week and the UK prices saw only a small improve- ment of two cents.
Prices in Denmark remain stable and the country leads the Eu- ropean price structure of the five biggest pig- producing EU coun- tries.
Recently, the lo-
cal pigs-mature-for slaughter market in Germany has showed continued optimism.
The supply of pigs ready for slaughter is scarce and the market highly competitive.
This is a good op- portunity to favour fair slaughter compa- nies in delivery and to punish unfair trading practices from the re- cent past.
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European pig price
comparison by the ISN: 1) Corrected quo- tation: official quo- tations of different countries are correct- ed; each quotation has the same base (condi- tions). 2) These quota- tions are based on cor- rection formulae ap- plied since 2010, base: 57 percent lean-meat percentage; farmgate price; 79 percent kill- ing-out percentage, without value-added
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