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Trade and Market Access Division

Trade and Market Access Division
Executive Manager
Craig Burns
Ph: +61 2 6272 3270

Multilateral Trade Branch
General Manager
Sara Cowan
Ph: +61 2 6272 4852

Bilateral Trade Branch
(North Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa)
General Manager
Victoria Anderson
Ph: +61 2 6272 4881

International Fisheries
General Manager
John Kalish
Ph: +61 2 6272 4045

Australia shares responsibility for the management of fish stocks with neighbouring countries in the Asia-Pacific, Indian Ocean and Antarctic regions.

Australia engages in international fisheries issues on a bilateral, regional and global level, in order to promote more sustainable fisheries management practices worldwide and to achieve long-term and commercially viable access to regional migratory and straddling stocks for Australian fishers.

Bilateral Trade Branch
(Americas, South East Asia, Sub-continent and Pacific)
General Manager
Paul Ross
Ph: +61 2 6272 4306

Apples Taskforce
General Manager
Bruce Bowen
Ph: +61 2 6272 3619

Technical Market Access
Executive Manager
Paul Morris
Ph: +61 2 6272 4636

Overseas Agriculture Staff 

The Trade and Market Access Division is the international arm of the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

Its role is to:

  • open up trade opportunities for Australia’s agricultural exporters and maintain existing trading relationships
  • establish strong multilateral, bilateral and regional relationships with trading partners
  • reduce international trade distortions
  • provide technical assistance to support Australia’s agricultural exports
  • oversee policies to reduce risks to Australia’s plant and animal health status from exotic pests and diseases, and
  • develop international trade standards for agricultural exports.

See Trade and Market Access information on the DAFF website at www.daff.gov.au/market-access-trade