Most Australian trade with China has plummeted 40 per cent amid tensions, DFAT reveals

 The value of Australian trade with China for almost all industries has plummeted by 40 per cent since a trade dispute ramped up between the two countries.

Key points:

Overall, trade between the two nations is down just 2 per cent in value

But that figure is being propped up by the iron ore trade

Wine, coal, barley are some of the export industries to be hit hardest

Overall trade between the two nations is down just 2 per cent in value, with the situation propped up by strong demand for Australian iron ore.

But as soon as iron ore value is removed from the equation, the full and stark extent of retaliatory trade tariffs imposed by Beijing becomes crystal clear.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-25/australian-trade-with-china-plummets/100029910






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