Summary
The MENA market has far less challenges with economic access compared to non-tariff barriers. The GCC has a free trade agreement drafted with Australia which has not progressed for several years and does not look likely to in the next financial year. Within the GCC countries there are no trade quotas and 0% tariff applied to chilled/fresh meat and 5% tariff on frozen meat. There are a number of North African countries that have high tariffs and quota restrictions in place but are not high priority at this stage. The main course of action for economic access is building and maintaining a network of key government and industry stakeholders and advocating for favourable access conditions.
