Australia’s top exporters link our nation with the world’s economy through our dynamic business community. By delivering world-class business capability, our exporters successfully secure their presence on the world stage.
Successful exporters are committed to achieving long-term international business success through a pragmatic yet innovative approach, which underpins every strategy.
Australia's leading exporters engage internationally, reflecting the shift in our economy over the years from an insular stance to an open, competitive demeanour.
As 'the face of Australia' overseas, exporters play an important role in representing Australia as a confident, creative and outward looking nation.
The Australian Export Awards recognise and reward companies who have demonstrated these capabilities of innovation, pragmatism and sustainable business growth in international trade.
Australia has long been an open and active trading country. This engagement in global commerce has helped us become a prosperous nation and also left us well placed in recent years to weather the worst effects of the global financial crisis.
An overview of Australia's trade policy over the past 50 years provides a fascinating glimpse into how we as a nation have increasingly embraced the world stage. This becomes evident as one scrolls through the timeline where each decade features a snapshot in time of Australia's trade policy.
From the 1960s, when the Department of Trade first sought to diversify markets, through the opening up of the Australian economy to greater competition and trade from the early 1980s, and finally to the present day and beyond, we chart the shift in Australia's trade policy towards a progressively open economy.