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Australian exports: a kidcyber weblink page
Australia trades goods and services with many other countries. The main countries that buy our products are Japan, the United States, China, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, but many other countries in the world are customers for Australian goods.
Some of the products sold are coal, iron ore, petroleum, beef, aluminium, wheat, motor cars, wool, wine, fruit and vegetables, flowers, and education services.
For a list of all of Australia's exports go here:
http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/affaoverview.html
Here are some links to information about Australian exports
Wheat:
Wheatindustry.htm
Meat Industries:
Beef:
http://www.mla.com.au/NR/rdonlyres/ED5DA007-A196-4283-B731-FB9B8F4EE204/0/FastfactsBeef2006.pdf
Sheep:
http://www.mla.com.au/NR/rdonlyres/51787F9C-9D3E-4FB2-A610-8CB5D17E0CC6/0/FastfactsSheepmeat2006.pdf
Goat:
http://www.mla.com.au/NR/rdonlyres/51787F9C-9D3E-4FB2-A610-8CB5D17E0CC6/0/FastfactsSheepmeat2006.pdf
Sugar
Australian sugar exports in 2003-04 were worth about $1 billion.
Australia's sugar was sold to Canada, Korea, Malaysia, Japan and the USA. http://rochedalss.eq.edu.au/sugar.htm
Cotton
Australia exported $771 million worth of cotton in 2004-05 to Indonesia, Thailand, the Republic of Korea, Japan and China.
Fact sheets for students at
http://www.cottonaustralia.com.au/factSheets/resources/Kids Fact Sheets.pdf
Fruit and vegetables
austfruitveg.htm
Coal
Black coal is Australia's largest commodity export.
What is coal? It is a fossil fuel that can be burned. It was formed from plants over millions of years by heat and pressure. Read more here: http://www.australiancoal.com.au/origins.htm
All about coal here:
http://www.sustainableenergy.qld.edu.au/sources/coal.html
includes teacher resources)
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/coal.html
Coal mining is here
http://www.australiancoal.com.au/methods.htm
Coal is burned in furnaces to make electricity. Read more here:
http://www.australiancoal.com.au/uses.htm
updated February 2007