Primary Industries Why Indonesia? Indonesia has a growing middle class and increasingly young urbanised population. Demand for food including fresh produce is expanding along with consumer preference for increased diversity and healthy food options. Western Australia’s reputation as a reliable supplier of clean, safe and high-quality food provides an entry-point for local producers to supply Indonesia’s growing interest in premium food and beverage products. Similarly, as Indonesia battles reduced land availability and food security, there is also an opportunity for Western Australian producers to export their technological expertise to increase productivity in the agrifood industry. The Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA), signed in 2020, allows for more than 99% of Australian agricultural products to enter Indonesia duty free. Indonesia also guaranteed the automatic issue of import permits for key products such as live cattle, frozen beef, sheep meat, feed grains, citrus, carrots and potatoes. Historically, Indonesia has consistently been Western Australia’s largest market for wheat and live animal (cattle) exports. IA-CEPA provides an opportunity to expand and diversify our primary industries exports to Indonesia.
Why Western Australia? Western Australia’s agriculture, food and fisheries industries are globally recognised for their wide range of premium quality products. Our expansive land area, climate and soils are suited to a large scale diversified primary production base. Western Australian agriculture, food, fibre, fisheries and forestry products are exported to over 150 international markets. Notably, over 60 per cent of Western Australia’s agrifood exports go to the Asia-Pacific region. There are strategic and economic benefits to trading with and investing into Western Australia’s primary industries sector: • a dynamic landscape that sustains a broad range of agricultural production, from open-range grazing and broadacre farming to intensive horticulture • diverse geography and climatic regions, allowing for year-round production of agrifood and beverage, fisheries and aquaculture products • a pristine growing environment with clean air, fresh water and productive soils which are largely free from pests and diseases • state-of-the-art technological advancements, high-quality food safety systems and a highly skilled workforce • quality and traceability assurances • close proximity for timely delivery of goods.
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