Tokyo | China’s post-pandemic reopening has been good for Australian coal and iron ore exporters, but efforts to revive billions of dollars in shipments of lobster, beef, timber, wine and cotton have stalled or are moving at a glacial pace.

Traders in China say there are few signs of restrictions on some key Australian products being eased, despite positive signals from China’s ambassador in Canberra and the Albanese government about winding back sanctions imposed over recent years.