Australian distillers who made sanitiser left with unsold product as cheap imports flood market

Australian distillers that made a rapid pivot into hand sanitiser manufacturing at the height of the Covid-19 crisis have been left with hundreds of thousands of litres of unsold product, as cheap and less effective imports flood the market.

Gin and whiskey distillers, ethanol refiners and bioenergy representatives encouraged by the federal government to meet emergency needs in March are calling for a plan to safeguard the emerging industry so Australia can respond to future market shocks.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/04/australian-distillers-who-made-sanitiser-left-with-unsold-product-as-cheap-imports-flood-market

Hand sanitiser made by a Sydney distillery during the coronavirus crisis

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