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Technical Market Access Successes
Helping Aussie farmers export agricultural produce
DAFF works hard to maintain and improve opportunities for Australian agricultural products. Some examples of technical market access successes include;
- The United States agreeing to Australia’s proposed changes to beef testing arrangements which avoided disruption to our $1.2 billion beef trade to this market.
- Thailand assenting to AQIS continuing to certify according to arrangements in place prior to the introduction of new plant quarantine regulations, preventing a grain export market loss of around $200 million.
- Agreement by the United States to cherry access from mainland Australia, adding to the previous access from Tasmania.
Trends in trade at Jan 2008
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | Change* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $ million | $ million | $ million | $ million | per cent | |
| FORESTRY | |||||
| Exports | 2,039 | 2,118 | 2,140 | 2,348 | +15% |
| Imports | 3,995 | 4,104 | 4,017 | 4,275 | +7% |
| HORTICULTURE | |||||
| Exports | 3,741 | 3,976 | 4,137 | 3,913 | +5% |
| Imports | 1,406 | 1,531 | 1,707 | 2,251 | +60% |
| MEAT | |||||
| Exports | 6,508 | 7,622 | 7,360 | 7,172 | +10% |
| Imports | 242 | 567 | 543 | 727 | +200% |
| WOOL | |||||
| Exports^ | 2,778 | 2,838 | 2,544 | 3,065 | +10% |
| Imports | 58 | 47 | 39 | 34 | -41% |
^ Source – ABARE Commodities report – December quarter - 2007
* 2006-07 Compared with 2003-04
Last reviewed: 07 Mar 2008
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