❓ The parliamentary question seeks information on QAF's activities in South-East Asia, particularly regarding opportunities arising from the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement. The answer provides background on QAF and its investments in Australia, but doesn't detail specific activities in South-East Asia.
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(b) provide information of the activities in South-East Asia of companies such as QAF?
The WA dairy industry is aware of opportunities emerging from the FTA with Thailand, and will work towards capturing some of these opportunities. The Australian Government's publication "A Business Guide to the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement" lists that WA exports to Thailand (to date), worth around $500,000,000 per annum have been for textile fibres; metalliferous ores, metal scrap and non ferrous metals; petroleum and petroleum products; and dyeing, tanning and colouring materials. 2. I have not been advised of any actual opportunities for daily exports to Thailand associated with individual companies active in South East Asia, such as QAF. For your information QAF was established in the 1950's, QAF Limited is one of the leading food companies in Asia with business partners and activities extending to US, Europe and Australasia. Listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange in 1967, the company's four main businesses cover bakery & confectionery, wholesale trading, food retailing and multi-temperature storage. Total company assets are valued at US$331.0 million(2003) with an Annual Revenue (2003) of US$462.5 million. QAF'S Australian investment expansion began in 2001 with the company acquiring Bunge Meats and subsequently building a new abattoir in Laverton, Melbourne. QAF recently (October 2004) entered into a $12.8 Joint-Venture with Challenge Dairy in Western Australia. The company also sources wine from Moss Brothers in Margaret River, WA. QAF owns and operates 2 stockfeed mills located at Corowa & Balpool, NSW.
The Australian Government's publication "A Business Guide to the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement" lists that WA exports to Thailand (to date), worth around $500,000,000 per annum have been for textile fibres; metalliferous ores, metal scrap and non ferrous metals; petroleum and petroleum products; and dyeing, tanning and colouring materials. 2. I have not been advised of any actual opportunities for daily exports to Thailand associated with individual companies active in South East Asia, such as QAF. For your information QAF was established in the 1950's, QAF Limited is one of the leading food companies in Asia with business partners and activities extending to US, Europe and Australasia. Listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange in 1967, the company's four main businesses cover bakery & confectionery, wholesale trading, food retailing and multi-temperature storage. Total company assets are valued at US$331.0 million(2003) with an Annual Revenue (2003) of US$462.5 million. QAF'S Australian investment expansion began in 2001 with the company acquiring Bunge Meats and subsequently building a new abattoir in Laverton, Melbourne. QAF recently (October 2004) entered into a $12.8 Joint-Venture with Challenge Dairy in Western Australia. The company also sources wine from Moss Brothers in Margaret River, WA. QAF owns and operates 2 stockfeed mills located at Corowa & Balpool, NSW.
2. I have not been advised of any actual opportunities for daily exports to Thailand associated with individual companies active in South East Asia, such as QAF. For your information QAF was established in the 1950's, QAF Limited is one of the leading food companies in Asia with business partners and activities extending to US, Europe and Australasia. Listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange in 1967, the company's four main businesses cover bakery & confectionery, wholesale trading, food retailing and multi-temperature storage. Total company assets are valued at US$331.0 million(2003) with an Annual Revenue (2003) of US$462.5 million. QAF'S Australian investment expansion began in 2001 with the company acquiring Bunge Meats and subsequently building a new abattoir in Laverton, Melbourne. QAF recently (October 2004) entered into a $12.8 Joint-Venture with Challenge Dairy in Western Australia. The company also sources wine from Moss Brothers in Margaret River, WA. QAF owns and operates 2 stockfeed mills located at Corowa & Balpool, NSW.
Total company assets are valued at US$331.0 million(2003) with an Annual Revenue (2003) of US$462.5 million. QAF'S Australian investment expansion began in 2001 with the company acquiring Bunge Meats and subsequently building a new abattoir in Laverton, Melbourne. QAF recently (October 2004) entered into a $12.8 Joint-Venture with Challenge Dairy in Western Australia. The company also sources wine from Moss Brothers in Margaret River, WA. QAF owns and operates 2 stockfeed mills located at Corowa & Balpool, NSW.
QAF'S Australian investment expansion began in 2001 with the company acquiring Bunge Meats and subsequently building a new abattoir in Laverton, Melbourne. QAF recently (October 2004) entered into a $12.8 Joint-Venture with Challenge Dairy in Western Australia. The company also sources wine from Moss Brothers in Margaret River, WA. QAF owns and operates 2 stockfeed mills located at Corowa & Balpool, NSW.
QAF recently (October 2004) entered into a $12.8 Joint-Venture with Challenge Dairy in Western Australia. The company also sources wine from Moss Brothers in Margaret River, WA. QAF owns and operates 2 stockfeed mills located at Corowa & Balpool, NSW.
QAF owns and operates 2 stockfeed mills located at Corowa & Balpool, NSW.
The WA dairy industry is aware of opportunities emerging from the FTA with Thailand, and will work towards capturing some of these opportunities. The Australian Government's publication "A Business Guide to the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement" lists that WA exports to Thailand (to date), worth around $500,000,000 per annum have been for textile fibres; metalliferous ores, metal scrap and non ferrous metals; petroleum and petroleum products; and dyeing, tanning and colouring materials. 2. I have not been advised of any actual opportunities for daily exports to Thailand associated with individual companies active in South East Asia, such as QAF. For your information QAF was established in the 1950's, QAF Limited is one of the leading food companies in Asia with business partners and activities extending to US, Europe and Australasia. Listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange in 1967, the company's four main businesses cover bakery & confectionery, wholesale trading, food retailing and multi-temperature storage. Total company assets are valued at US$331.0 million(2003) with an Annual Revenue (2003) of US$462.5 million. QAF'S Australian investment expansion began in 2001 with the company acquiring Bunge Meats and subsequently building a new abattoir in Laverton, Melbourne. QAF recently (October 2004) entered into a $12.8 Joint-Venture with Challenge Dairy in Western Australia. The company also sources wine from Moss Brothers in Margaret River, WA. QAF owns and operates 2 stockfeed mills located at Corowa & Balpool, NSW.
The Australian Government's publication "A Business Guide to the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement" lists that WA exports to Thailand (to date), worth around $500,000,000 per annum have been for textile fibres; metalliferous ores, metal scrap and non ferrous metals; petroleum and petroleum products; and dyeing, tanning and colouring materials. 2. I have not been advised of any actual opportunities for daily exports to Thailand associated with individual companies active in South East Asia, such as QAF. For your information QAF was established in the 1950's, QAF Limited is one of the leading food companies in Asia with business partners and activities extending to US, Europe and Australasia. Listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange in 1967, the company's four main businesses cover bakery & confectionery, wholesale trading, food retailing and multi-temperature storage. Total company assets are valued at US$331.0 million(2003) with an Annual Revenue (2003) of US$462.5 million. QAF'S Australian investment expansion began in 2001 with the company acquiring Bunge Meats and subsequently building a new abattoir in Laverton, Melbourne. QAF recently (October 2004) entered into a $12.8 Joint-Venture with Challenge Dairy in Western Australia. The company also sources wine from Moss Brothers in Margaret River, WA. QAF owns and operates 2 stockfeed mills located at Corowa & Balpool, NSW.
2. I have not been advised of any actual opportunities for daily exports to Thailand associated with individual companies active in South East Asia, such as QAF. For your information QAF was established in the 1950's, QAF Limited is one of the leading food companies in Asia with business partners and activities extending to US, Europe and Australasia. Listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange in 1967, the company's four main businesses cover bakery & confectionery, wholesale trading, food retailing and multi-temperature storage. Total company assets are valued at US$331.0 million(2003) with an Annual Revenue (2003) of US$462.5 million. QAF'S Australian investment expansion began in 2001 with the company acquiring Bunge Meats and subsequently building a new abattoir in Laverton, Melbourne. QAF recently (October 2004) entered into a $12.8 Joint-Venture with Challenge Dairy in Western Australia. The company also sources wine from Moss Brothers in Margaret River, WA. QAF owns and operates 2 stockfeed mills located at Corowa & Balpool, NSW.
Total company assets are valued at US$331.0 million(2003) with an Annual Revenue (2003) of US$462.5 million. QAF'S Australian investment expansion began in 2001 with the company acquiring Bunge Meats and subsequently building a new abattoir in Laverton, Melbourne. QAF recently (October 2004) entered into a $12.8 Joint-Venture with Challenge Dairy in Western Australia. The company also sources wine from Moss Brothers in Margaret River, WA. QAF owns and operates 2 stockfeed mills located at Corowa & Balpool, NSW.
QAF'S Australian investment expansion began in 2001 with the company acquiring Bunge Meats and subsequently building a new abattoir in Laverton, Melbourne. QAF recently (October 2004) entered into a $12.8 Joint-Venture with Challenge Dairy in Western Australia. The company also sources wine from Moss Brothers in Margaret River, WA. QAF owns and operates 2 stockfeed mills located at Corowa & Balpool, NSW.
QAF recently (October 2004) entered into a $12.8 Joint-Venture with Challenge Dairy in Western Australia. The company also sources wine from Moss Brothers in Margaret River, WA. QAF owns and operates 2 stockfeed mills located at Corowa & Balpool, NSW.
QAF owns and operates 2 stockfeed mills located at Corowa & Balpool, NSW.
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Answered
9 November 2004
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Response time
13 days
1. The Free Trade Agreement with Thailand will come into force from 1 January 2005;
The WA dairy industry is aware of opportunities emerging from the FTA with Thailand, and will work towards capturing some of these opportunities.
The Australian Government's publication "A Business Guide to the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement" lists that WA exports to Thailand (to date), worth around $500,000,000 per annum have been for textile fibres; metalliferous ores, metal scrap and non ferrous metals; petroleum and petroleum products; and dyeing, tanning and colouring materials.
2. I have not been advised of any actual opportunities for daily exports to Thailand associated with individual companies active in South East Asia, such as QAF. For your information QAF was established in the 1950's, QAF Limited is one of the leading food companies in Asia with business partners and activities extending to US, Europe and Australasia. Listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange in 1967, the company's four main businesses cover bakery & confectionery, wholesale trading, food retailing and multi-temperature storage.
Total company assets are valued at US$331.0 million(2003) with an Annual Revenue (2003) of US$462.5 million.
QAF'S Australian investment expansion began in 2001 with the company acquiring Bunge Meats and subsequently building a new abattoir in Laverton, Melbourne.
QAF recently (October 2004) entered into a $12.8 Joint-Venture with Challenge Dairy in Western Australia. The company also sources wine from Moss Brothers in Margaret River, WA.
QAF owns and operates 2 stockfeed mills located at Corowa & Balpool, NSW.
The WA dairy industry is aware of opportunities emerging from the FTA with Thailand, and will work towards capturing some of these opportunities.
The Australian Government's publication "A Business Guide to the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement" lists that WA exports to Thailand (to date), worth around $500,000,000 per annum have been for textile fibres; metalliferous ores, metal scrap and non ferrous metals; petroleum and petroleum products; and dyeing, tanning and colouring materials.
2. I have not been advised of any actual opportunities for daily exports to Thailand associated with individual companies active in South East Asia, such as QAF. For your information QAF was established in the 1950's, QAF Limited is one of the leading food companies in Asia with business partners and activities extending to US, Europe and Australasia. Listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange in 1967, the company's four main businesses cover bakery & confectionery, wholesale trading, food retailing and multi-temperature storage.
Total company assets are valued at US$331.0 million(2003) with an Annual Revenue (2003) of US$462.5 million.
QAF'S Australian investment expansion began in 2001 with the company acquiring Bunge Meats and subsequently building a new abattoir in Laverton, Melbourne.
QAF recently (October 2004) entered into a $12.8 Joint-Venture with Challenge Dairy in Western Australia. The company also sources wine from Moss Brothers in Margaret River, WA.
QAF owns and operates 2 stockfeed mills located at Corowa & Balpool, NSW.
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