China has agreed to remove sanctions from two Australian abattoirs, bringing to an end an avalanche of tariffs and de facto bans Beijing placed on more than $20 billion of Australian exports that began four years ago.

Two weeks after Anthony Albanese met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines the G20 summit in Brazil, and following talks in China between officials on Tuesday, Beijing agreed to restore export licences for the abattoirs after originally claiming there were issues with the labelling of the meat.