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Estimates Committee F-Transport, Trade, Employment & IR (Proof) |
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Question:
Mr LAWLOR: Minister, you have already provided some details to the member for Clayfield which he actually sought in question on notice No. 4 and you have also explained why the answer could not detail the travel expenses that were originally sought. Can you please detail what the total cost for travel for Trade Queensland was for the year 2007-08 and examples of how these trips are used to assist Queensland businesses achieve success in overseas markets?
Answer:
Mr MICKEL: There were 61 major official visits and they totalled $567,000, which is less than
two per cent of Trade Queensland's total budget. I might say that less than half of these were by officials
travelling from Brisbane. In 2007-08, the trade missions led by Trade Queensland assisted 176
Queensland companies to generate an estimated $57 million in exports.
As an international agency and the sole Queensland government agency to focus its entire
operation on supporting Queensland exporters secure global business, international trade remains
critical. It is critical to leading Queensland government trade missions into key markets to help
companies secure export deals. It is critical to building strong commercial relationships with international
buyers and other key decision makers to advance Queensland's export performance and to position
Queensland in key international markets as a supplier of choice and as a destination for investment and
study. It is critical to enabling the Queensland government's trade and investment commissioners and
business development staff to support Queensland export initiatives in a number of markets in their
region of responsibility. It is critical to managing a single integrated and efficient export service delivering
across 14 locations including Brisbane and one which meets the highest standards in terms of corporate
governance.
Trade missions remain possibly the most significant aspect of Trade Queensland's service to
exporters. Results from these trade missions formed a significant part of the $519 million worth of export
sales which Trade Queensland supported in 2007-08. I mentioned in the summary to the member for
Clayfield some missions to Latin America. May I take the committees through this. The export outcomes
are an addition to the $20 million generated through the Latin American mining initiative project and its
four related missions. The returns on investment for these missions are significant. For example, with
two officials-one from Trade Queensland Brisbane and a regional development officer from Mackay-
travelling with 22 companies to China for the China coalmine expo in November 2007, the total cost of
their travel and associated trade related seminars and events was $50,925, and the export outcomes for
that trade mission totalled $41.55 million. Following the review of Trade Queensland, it is vital for senior
management of Trade Queensland to undertake liaison visits to overseas posts. These are central to
evaluating the performance of the overseas posts to ensure that the work is done. I am pleased to see
that Councillor Newman, the Mayor of Brisbane, is seeing benefit, and I understand he is leading a trade
delegation today to China. Last changed: [PUBLISHED_DATE] at 9:43 AM
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