Sentences with phrase «tripled dairy imports»

Australian milk production has plunged 20 per cent to about 9 billion litres a year, while farm prices have fallen, leading in some cases to bank foreclosure.But Mr Rowley said these factors strengthened the case to create a listed dairy farm: «From 2007 to 2011 China tripled dairy imports and dairy demand is 10 billion litres a year, which is more than the whole of Australian production.»