Mr Ian Barrett, who has been in the industry since 1956, said: «From my experience and knowledge of the local industry I can say that very few cattle are ever sent by local producers to saleyards or
meatworks in southern Queensland.
However ACCC chairman Rod Sims said that the regulator took the view that Primo s not a strong competitive constraint on JBS given there is 500 kilometres between Primo's abattoir at Scone and JBS's
meatworks in Queensland.
Not exact matches
«Concerns over less competition generates calls for more
meatworks but that road, as Alan Parker identified
in the 1980s, only leads to inefficiency and under - utilisation.»
Mr Maguire also added that
in northern Australia, where the live export market exists, 15
meatworks have closed since the 1970s.