Grains Australia is invested in the resources, engagement and skills to ensure a strategic, structured whole-of-industry approach to grains trade and market access.
Resourcing and investment | Stakeholder engagement | Grains Market Access Council (GMAC) |
Grains Australia Trade & Market Access team | Whole-of-industry and cross-commodity point of information for government agencies | Skilled representatives from across commodities and grains supply chain |
Projects, including funding from ATMAC and others | Improved consultation and communication processes | Develop long-term strategic approach to identifying opportunities and predicting risk |
Development of relevant data analysis, information sharing and tools | Greater communication to end-users regarding the Australian industry’s essential features | Identifying ways to quantify and communicate the two-way value of trade with the Australian grains industry |
Grains Australia Commodity Councils Input on strategic priority setting, industry engagement (grower and end-user perspectives), industry expertise (classification, trade and market access, information and education) | ||
International delegations / visits and crop inspections | ||
| Resourcing and investment |
| Grains Australia Trade & Market Access team |
| Projects, including funding from ATMAC and others |
| Development of relevant data analysis, information sharing and tools |
| Stakeholder engagement |
| Whole-of-industry and cross-commodity point of information for government agencies |
| Improved consultation and communication processes |
| Greater communication to end-users regarding the Australian industry’s essential features |
| Grains Market Access Council (GMAC) |
| Skilled representatives from across commodities and grains supply chain |
| Develop long-term strategic approach to identifying opportunities and predicting risk |
| Identifying ways to quantify and communicate the two-way value of trade with the Australian grains industry |
| Grains Australia Commodity Councils Input on strategic priority setting, industry engagement (grower and end-user perspectives), industry expertise (classification, trade and market access, information and education) |
| International delegations / visits and crop inspections |
Grains Market Access Council
The Grains Market Access Council (GMAC) manages a cross-commodity and whole-of-industry approach to identifying strategic opportunities and predicting risks.
GMAC includes industry representatives and experts from across the supply chain and representatives from each of the Commodity Councils to ensure cross-commodity perspectives.
Information and advice
For trade and market access matters, Grains Australia draws on information and advice from other relevant groups and organisations to ensure a wide variety of expertise and perspectives are considered, including:
Australian Government – Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
GrainGrowers Limited (GGL)
Grain Trade Australia (GTA)
Grains Australia also participates as a member of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s Grain and Plant Products Export Industry Consultative Committee (GPPEICC). GPPEICC is the principal forum for the Federal Government to consult with grain, fodder, nuts, seed, and timber industries on export inspection and certification, export market access and other relevant issues.
Other information:
Manual of Importing Country Requirements (Micor) requirements set by Australia’s agricultural export trading partners
Maximum residue levels (MRLs) for agricultural and veterinary chemicals registered for use in Australia are set by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA)
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) data
Find out more
Please contact us to find out more about Grains Australia’s industry collaboration on trade & market access.