As red meat experiences declines in some parts of the world, live export orders are largely unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nutrien Ag Solutions, which exports cattle to Japan, Russia and Israel under its companies Landmark International and Frontier International, said export demand was so far unscathed.
"It's very much business as usual from an export point of view," Nutrien Ag Solutions managing director Rob Clayton said.
The companies export between 400,000 and 500,000 cattle annually.
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"The world is in a state of uncertainty and I don't think there is any more or less uncertainty in the live export market than there is in any other market," he said.
Mr Clayton said live exporters had "more hoops to jump through" following the outbreak of coronavirus, including managing 14-day quarantine periods for workers returning on ships and understanding state-led protocols, but remained confident about overseas demand for home-grown beef.
But as producers hold onto stock longer and restockers enter the market along with the falling Australian dollar which has offset prices domestically, live exporters have found the increased competition difficult to navigate.
"It's tough enough to run a live export business in usual times as people would know but its continued which is an important market for our growers," Mr Clayton said.
Crews in Portland and Freemantle, WA, spent Easter loading shipments, eliminating concerns the industry had "shut down".
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