Minister for Trade and Tourism and Special Minister of State, Senator The Hon Don Farrell
Minister For Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister For Small Business, Julie Collins MP
As we enter 2025, Australian farmers are well positioned for another strong year of exports, with a range of tariff cuts providing new and improved access to major markets.
Australia's network of free trade agreements has continued to deliver valuable opportunities for our red meat, grain, seafood, horticulture and other agricultural industries.
This includes free trade agreements with the United Kingdom and India, and the recently signed trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates which will deliver even more market access opportunities when implemented.
The Albanese Labor Government's trade policy agenda of trade diversification has successfully created more global market access opportunities.
As a result of market access improvements and the hard work of Aussie farmers, the gross value of Australian agricultural exports is expected to rise by 7% to $88.4 billion in 2024-25.
Trade is a job creator - one in four Australian jobs are connected to trade and jobs associated with exports have 10 per cent higher average annual incomes.
