Corona virus impacts on dairy industry in Australia

The spread of the deadly Corona virus could have a mixed impact on Australia’s dairy industry.

On the one hand the quarantine of a whole region in China is restricting the consumption of food in public restaurants, while an influential Chinese leader is encouraging the Chinese population to eat well to support personal immunity, including eating dairy products.

China is Australia’s biggest export destination for dairy products and last year we sent 245,000 tonnes of product into the country.

About 30 per cent of Australia’s dairy production in terms of volume, goes into China.

Dairy Australia senior analyst Sofia Omstedt said the evidence on impacts from the Corona virus, is largely anecdotal at this stage  because there is little data available.

“The ultimate impact depends heavily on how long it takes to get the virus under control.’

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