Barnaby Joyce (New England, National Party, Minister for Agriculture) Share this | Hansard source

If you just want to go through the actual cattle for the markets, there was a 59 per cent increase in sales to China; 130 per cent increase in sales to Indonesia; 119 per cent increase in sales to Kazakhstan; a 44 per cent increase in sales to Malaysia; and a 1,518 per cent increase in sales to the UAE. In sheep, our sales to China have increased by 12,770 per cent. These are the numbers that you put on the table when you are here to do business. These are the numbers that you put on the table when a government is here to do business and that is why you get letters like this:

Dear Barney, I am writing to you to let you know how successful your efforts have been with regards to the live sheep trade. Last year we sold 1,144 five-year-old wethers for an average of $47. This year they have gone up to over $111 a head.

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