New Zealand Implements Ban on Livestock Shipping.

New Zealand has completed its last exports of livestock by sea, fully implementing a ban on export shipments of animals on the grounds of their welfare. The government had announced in 2021 that shipping animals offshore would be halted, but farmers would be given two years to transition out of the profitable export business. Live exports by sea have contributed about 0.32% of New Zealand’s primary sector export revenue since 2015, with a total value of live animal exports in 2022 of NZ$524 million ($322.78 million).