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Australia
Angus M RobinsonChief Executive, AEEMA
WEF Panel on Trade10th World Electronics Forum, Washington DC
22 September 2004
AUSTRALIA’S Australian Electronics Industry - 2003
Employment 31,500 Wages & Salaries (US$b) 1.0 Turnover (US$b) 6.0 Value Added (US$b) 1.6 Establishments 2,500 Exports (US$b) 2.6 Imports (US$b) 13.3 R&D (US$b) 0.8
AUSTRALIA’SAustralia’s Top 10 Export Destinations - Electronics
Manufactures
Country 2002 – 2003 % (and 10 year trend)
New Zealand 27.7 USA 21.6 China (inc Hong Kong) 6.0 Singapore 5.7 UK 4.4 Germany 3.1 Malaysia 2.4 Japan 2.1 India 1.9 Taiwan 1.6
AUSTRALIA’S
Australia’s Top 10 Import Sources - Electronics
Manufactures
Country 2002 – 2003 % (and 10 year trend)
China 17.5 USA 13.5 Malaysia 10.4 Japan 10.2 Republic of Korea 9.1 Singapore 8.7 Taiwan 7.2 Philippines 2.6 UK 2.2 Thailand 2.2
AUSTRALIA’S
Defence Automotive and Telematics Home Networking Medical Electronics &
Devices Environment Mining Avionics Photonics
Australian Electronics Capability Sectors
AUSTRALIA’S Opportunities to Engage with the Australian Electronics Industry
Product design and prototype development
Microelectronics design network System integration and software
development Contract manufacturing - complex Contract manufacturing - complex
product developm’t & customer supportproduct developm’t & customer support Collaborative R&D Test beds in advanced western markets Technology and product design licencing
AUSTRALIA’S
AUSTRALIA’S COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE –
CONTRACT ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING OF COMPLEX
PRODUCTS
Australian contract electronics manufacturers can competitively manage the production of low volume, complex products, particularly prototypes, with high quality, design value add and engineering and fast turn-around.
COST
RIS
KUSA / Europe
AUSTRALIA
ASIA
AUSTRALIA’S Trade Agenda Australian Electronics Industry
Maximise market penetration on the back of negotiated bilateral FTAs – Singapore, Thailand, USA, China and Malaysia
Removal of non-tariff and technical barriers to trade
Removal of Australian Government Tariff Concession Scheme on imported electronic components (3%)
AUSTRALIA’S
Key Non Tariff & Technical Barriers
Customs-related issues: - import tariffs, onerous customs procedures, including customs valuations, other import taxes and charges, rules of origin/certificates of origin, market access quotas
Technical issues - standards and certification: conformance testing and certification requirements
Other internal regulations issues: internal taxes, restrictive import licensing agreements visa requirements and work permits ownership and investment restrictions banking and foreign exchange issues governance and competition-related issues differing processes for obtaining government approvals transparency and fairness in tendering procedures for government
contract and in the award of tenders ineffective enforcement of intellectual property rights
Social or market-related issues: staff recruitment, local business culture
AUSTRALIA’S Australian Trade Policy and the Australian Electronics Industry
Longstanding Closer Economic Relations Agreement with New Zealand
Australian Government commitment to multi-lateral trade liberalisation through the Doha round of WTO
Key bilateral FTAs with Singapore, USA and Thailand Government/industry commitment to feasibility studies
for new FTAs with China and Malaysia Shared commitment to APEC and then potential for
regional trade agreements with ASEAN Shared commitment to studies aimed at strengthening
relationships with Japan and South Korea
AUSTRALIA’S
AEEMA
Committed to Australia’s ICT, electronics and electrical manufacturing
industries
+61 2 62 47 4655