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10 Feb 2021, 1:05 am

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Lobster industry in crisis after China export ban


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08/02/2021|1min

Up to one third of jobs in Australia’s lobster industry could soon be lost as a slump in prices claws away at profits.

Beijing delivered a crippling blow to the sector when it imposed an 80 per cent tariff on Australian exports in May 2020.

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10 Feb 2021, 1:13 am

The Australian lobster industry is currently feeling the pinch, but bosses hope to claw everything back.



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10 Feb 2021, 1:19 am

Redd_Kross wrote:
The Australian lobster industry is currently feeling the pinch, but bosses hope to claw everything back.


The people in the industry would have a problem with your joke, but I don't. ;)

Enjoy humour while you can.
The intellectual dystopia is on the march. 8O



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10 Feb 2021, 3:21 am

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10 Feb 2021, 4:05 am

Alas not good for the industry but might have benefit for the lobsters to re-populate their habitat