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On 23 June 2025, Italy notified the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) of an outbreak of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) on a small cattle farm on the island of Sardinia. Italy immediately implemented emergency disease control and eradication measures. The department has conducted a risk…
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Australia’s agricultural success depends on strong, secure and sustainable trade.Our work enables trade and innovation through modern digital systems, supports exporters to meet global requirements, and ensures our climate-smart, sustainable food and fibre reach international markets.Australia’s…
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Grant status: Closed (closed 13 February 2023)The Agricultural Trade and Market Access Cooperation (ATMAC) program was launched in February 2016 under the Access to premium markets initiative. Before it closed in 2022-23, ATMAC provided 72 administered grants totalling over $30.6 million.The grants…
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has certified Australia’s Steritech Merrifield irradiation facility for the export of horticulture produce with approved irradiation trade pathways to the United States.
Acting Head of Trade at the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries…
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On 6 March 2025, Hungary provided official notification to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) of the detection of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) at a dairy farm in Kisbajcs near the border with Slovakia. This is the first detection of FMD in Hungary since 1973.To help manage the…
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Authors: Mihir Gupta, Neal Hughes and Kai Wakerman-Powell Publication date: 7 February 2018OverviewThis paper presents a new econometric partial equilibrium model of water trade and irrigation activity within the southern…
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Authors: Peter Lock and Linden Whittle
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This report presents a proof of concept modelling exercise, reporting medium-term projections of the volume and value of trade in wood products based on a set of nested, historical relationships between wood product categories.
Forest and Wood…
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Australia recently signed an historic free trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), creating significant opportunities for our farmers and producers.Treaty signatureThe Australian Minister for Trade, Senator the Hon Don Farrell, officially signed the Australia – UAE Comprehensive…
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This working paper has since been published as a journal article. Please now refer to:
Hughes, N., Gupta, M., Whittle, L., & Westwood, T. (2023). An economic model of spatial and temporal water trade in the Australian southern Murray-Darling Basin. Water Resources Research, 59, e2022WR032559.…
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At 11pm GMT 31 January 2020 (10am AEDT 1 February), the United Kingdom (UK) formally ceased to be a member state of the European Union (EU) – commonly referred to as ‘Brexit’. We have been taking steps to minimise disruptions arising from Brexit for Australian agricultural producers. The Australian…
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