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June 13th, 2013 
Peter Nolan
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NSW lobby group, Dairy Connect, has an application before the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) which it hopes will improve relations with China and expand the state’s dairy industry.
Chief executive officer of Dairy Connect, Mike Logan, says China’s inspection and quarantine regulations currently don’t support the importation of fresh milk.
However, Mr Logan says the fresh milk market in China could be a good alternative for Australian dairy farmers and would allow the industry to grow by 100 million litres a year.
“At the moment, if we ship fresh milk up there they want to hold it for 15 days to be sure that it’s safe, at which point of course, the milk isn’t much good.
“So we’ve applied to Austrade to see if we can develop a relationship with the Chinese inspection and quarantine group, so that we can get the milk inspected here, certified as safe and delivered up there with some sort of guarantee of quality.”
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agribusiness,
agricultural-prices,
international-aid-and-trade,
government-and-politics,
bega-2550,
china
Source Article from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-13/nrn-dairy-connect-china-fresh-milk/4750662
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