Queensland Export on the Move
Queensland continues to power with overseas sales rising by almost $5 billion in a year. In the twelve months to the end of March, Queensland exports rose by $4.8 billion to a record $24.1 billion.
The value of merchandise exports to Japan in the last three months rose strongly (up 31.3 per cent to $1.5 billion), driven by a 52.8 per cent increase in the value of coal sales to Japan.
North-East Asia (excluding Japan) was up 35 per cent to $1.4 billion and South-East Asia rose by 9.8 per cent to $366 million.
Exports to the United Kingdom rose 35.3 per cent to $173 million and the European Union also increased by and 20.0 per cent to $573 million.
Exports to New Zealand were up 13.3 per cent to $199 million and sales to the United States rose by 8.1 per cent to $219 million
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