AR-News: (AU) Live trade dire, says LiveCorp chief

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http://countryman.thewest.com.au/20040624/cm-home-sto126981.html 

Countryman
June 24, 2004


THE live animal export sector has almost halved in the past two years, the 
industry revealed last week.

Giving evidence to a Senate committee examining new legislation governing the 
sector, LiveCorp chief executive Kevin Shiell said the situation was dire for 
many exporters.

The new legislation is aimed at lifting standards across the export sector 
since the Cormo Express affair last year.

Mr Shiell said two years ago more than six million sheep were shipped 
overseas, and close to one million cattle.

In the coming year, about three million sheep were likely to be sent on ships 
and about 600,000 cattle. 


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