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Transforming Australia’s agricultural export services

Australia’s agricultural export services are changing for the better.

We’re making it easier for producers and exporters to send their goods to market.

We’ve allocated over half a billion dollars to agricultural trade reform. This will help us develop:

  • modern and connected digital services
  • streamlined regulation and improved service delivery for exporters
  • better access to overseas markets.

Benefits

Some improvements will benefit all exporters. Others help with challenges in specific commodities.

The department received funding for a major reform package in the 2021 Budget.

Exporters will benefit from:

  • a more streamlined export experience
  • new and better systems for all export commodities
  • lower annual government fees and charges than they would have been without the reforms.

The package will also support jobs in rural, regional and remote Australia.

Our investment

We’re growing and strengthening the agricultural export sector. Changes to how the government regulates agricultural exports will support the industry’s goal to grow the sector to $100 billion production by 2030.

Export trade reforms

Our other export trade reforms include:

  • Modernising agricultural trade program
  • Agri-Business Expansion Initiative
  • Global Agriculture Leadership Initiative

We’re also expanding our existing export system to certify non-traditional agricultural products. We’ve started with cosmetics (PDF 596 KB).

Our overseas counsellors promote Australia’s agricultural interests, including trade reforms , in key trade locations.

Our partnerships

We partner with Australian Government agencies to deliver the Excellence in Professional Regulation pilot program. This helps us be a better regulator, which gives certainty to exporters.

We also partner with these agencies to deliver the Simplified Trade System. This will simplify and streamline processes for Australian importers and exporters.

Changes for export commodities

We’re working on a suite of  digital and regulatory reform projects. Some projects relate to a particular commodity. Others will benefit all commodities.

These projects include:

  • Dairy
  • Live animal
  • Meat
  • Plant
  • Seafood

Benefits for exporters

  • Legislation
  • Digital services - available soon
  • Documentation - available soon

Regulation cost recovery

Our reform package includes measures for cost recovery arrangements for exporting:

  • meat 
  • dairy
  • fish and egg
  • non-prescribed goods
  • plant
  • live animals

Each year we update the department’s regulatory charging activities. See our Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS).

Stay in touch

Follow @AusAgTrade on Twitter.

Our Agricultural Trade Quarterly Briefing reports on how we improve access to markets. You can subscribe for updates.

Contact us

Email trade.modernisation@agriculture.gov.au

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