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Oz sends 200-strong mission to Shanghai to drum up more trade
AUSTRALIA has sent a 200-strong trade delegation to Shanghai, China, including Queensland ministers, agricultural producers and exporters, on a week-long mission to build on the existing A$160 billion (US$122.09 billion) trade relationship between the two nations.
Industries represented on the "AccessChina" trip include health, aged care, agriculture, education, manufacturing and tourism. "We have brought together businesses from banks to exporters and freight companies," said the group's leader, Ben Lyons, reported Hong Kong's South China Morning Post.
Among the high-profile members of the delegation are Qantas Airways and the agribusiness units of both National Australia Bank (NAB) and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ). They will visit the Hangzhou headquarters of Alibaba Group, Yangshan Deepwater Port, Baosteel, and Shanghai Electric.
Qantas Freight, which is looking to expand capacity in Asia, is holding a networking dinner that Mr Lyons said would help "educate the Shanghai business community on our regional capability when combined with an international freight provider".
The group departed from Wellcamp Airport, a new A$200 million air freight facility at Toowoomba, 125 kilometres from Brisbane, which will commence weekly cargo-only flights in November. Cathay Pacific will operate the service from Wellcamp and Hong Kong.
Australia has been pushing to become the "delicatessen of Asia," tapping its favourable climate to send crates of produce such as figs and edible flowers to the region.
However, finding space on flights has proven difficult for some Australian producers, who say freight export capabilities are not keeping up with increasing demand for fresh products from Asia's expanding middle class.
Industries represented on the "AccessChina" trip include health, aged care, agriculture, education, manufacturing and tourism. "We have brought together businesses from banks to exporters and freight companies," said the group's leader, Ben Lyons, reported Hong Kong's South China Morning Post.
Among the high-profile members of the delegation are Qantas Airways and the agribusiness units of both National Australia Bank (NAB) and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ). They will visit the Hangzhou headquarters of Alibaba Group, Yangshan Deepwater Port, Baosteel, and Shanghai Electric.
Qantas Freight, which is looking to expand capacity in Asia, is holding a networking dinner that Mr Lyons said would help "educate the Shanghai business community on our regional capability when combined with an international freight provider".
The group departed from Wellcamp Airport, a new A$200 million air freight facility at Toowoomba, 125 kilometres from Brisbane, which will commence weekly cargo-only flights in November. Cathay Pacific will operate the service from Wellcamp and Hong Kong.
Australia has been pushing to become the "delicatessen of Asia," tapping its favourable climate to send crates of produce such as figs and edible flowers to the region.
However, finding space on flights has proven difficult for some Australian producers, who say freight export capabilities are not keeping up with increasing demand for fresh products from Asia's expanding middle class.
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