Senate debates
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Questions on Notice
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (Question No. 344)
Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Trade, upon notice, on 13 December 2010:
With reference to the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) and Burma: Has EFIC provided any services, assistance, funding or insurance to Australian companies investing or doing business in Burma; if so, can a detailed explanation be provided of those services.
Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
The Minister for Trade has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:
In the past decade, the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation has not provided finance or insurance to support Australian company investments or contracts in Burma.