Mark Vaile (Lyne, National Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

I can see that the members of the Labor Party are very interested in these statistics! I can tell you that a lot of their constituents are very interested as well. Eight of the top 25 merchandise exports to the United States reached record levels in 2005, and 14 of the top 25 merchandise exports to Thailand reached record levels in 2005. Export of products like aluminium, medicines and motor vehicle parts, which are manufactured in all states of Australia but particularly in Victoria and South Australia, increased to Thailand after we halved the tariffs as a result of the free trade agreement we negotiated with Thailand.

Australia’s exporters are taking advantage of the opportunities being created by our government. We will continue to work with them. We will continue to work with the job creators in our economy.

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