Graziers hope PM Kevin Rudd's trade talks in Indonesia will boost Queensland's live cattle exports. Source: AAP
GRAZIERS hope Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will assure Indonesia's leader that Australia won't ban the live cattle export trade again.
Mr Rudd is expected to discuss the trade with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta on Friday.
Graziers say a temporary ban in 2011, brought on by claims Australian cattle were being mistreated in Indonesia, has crippled the country's cattle industry.
Indonesian Ambassador Nadjib Riphat Kesoema, who this week met northwest Queensland graziers, says his country wants guarantees there'll be no future bans.
He's confident the live export market will return to what it once was. However, no firm deal has been struck.
Although the export ban was lifted later in 2011, Indonesia reduced its import quota from 660,000 head-of-cattle to 260,000 per year.
Graziers say the ban and a state-wide drought have left the industry in crisis.
Georgetown grazier Barry Hughes, who chairs the industry's crisis group, says Mr Rudd's meeting with Mr Yudhoyono is critical to the survival of the cattle industry.
"The prime minister needs to assure Indonesia that the continuity and security of supply is taken care of to get the trade back up and running," he said.
Any future animal cruelty claims should be addressed individually, rather than the whole industry being penalised, he says.
Mr Hughes doesn't expect a firm deal to be struck between the two leaders, but says the meeting is a positive step forward and hopes this year's quota will be increased.
Federal MP and member for Kennedy Bob Katter, who brokered talks between graziers and Mr Kesoema, says Mr Rudd needs to apologise to Indonesia.
"The fact that the first thing [Mr Rudd] has done as prime minister is head to Indonesia is an extremely loud message," he told AAP.
Mr Katter says the trade is worth $200 million to Australia, but could be worth $1 billion if one million cattle were exported each year.
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