Australia Business
• Main exports: Ores and metals, wool, food and live animals, wheat and minerals.
• Main imports: Machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment, crude oil and petroleum products.
• Main trade partners: Japan, China, USA, South Korea and Singapore.
Economy
Most Australian manufacturing is concentrated in processing of mineral products and in the iron, steel and engineering industries. The traditional agricultural industry is now less important with long-term drought forecasts. Sheep farming appears to be in long-term decline.
China's demand for raw materials has led to a growth market for Australian exports. Japanese investment in Australia, particularly in property and tourist ventures, has reached the point where most of the eastern seaboard 'Gold Coast' is now Japanese owned.
The Australian economy has continued to perform steadily during the last few years; annual growth in 2007 was 3.5%. Inflation and unemployment in the same year were stable at 3% and 4.3% respectively.
Business Etiquette
Office hours: Mon-Fri 0900-1700.
Business Contacts
Commerce House, Level 3, 24 Brisbane Avenue, Barton, ACT 2600, Australia
Tel: (2) 6273 2311.
Website: www.acci.asn.au
Association of Australian Convention Bureaux (AACB)
Level 13, 80 William Street, East Sydney, NSW 2011, Australia
Tel: (2) 9326 9133.
Website: www.aacb.org.au
Australian Business in the UK
Swire House, 59 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6AJ, UK
Tel: 0870 890 0720.
Website: www.australianbusiness.co.uk
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