Top Export Businesses

The 49th Export Awards were recently held in Brisbane to recognise those businesses that have excelled in the export area.

The Awards are one of the oldest award programs in Australia and are jointly presented by Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Two food companies were recognised in the 2011 Awards.

The Agribusiness Award went to Longwarry Food Park as recognition of it’s 60percent increase in exports to Asia, Africa and the Middle Eastover the last 12 months. Longwarry produces milk powders and dairy-based products.

The Regional Export Award was presented to Almondco for achieving A$38 million in exports for the 2010 almond season. The company is supplied by more than 80percent of the Australian almond growers and exports to at least 35 countries. Almonco supplies both natural and value added almond products.

The awards were presented to the overall winners from the successful75finalists from competitions throughout all Australian states and territories

The Federal Trade Minister, Craig Emerson, said, “Australia is a vibrant, competitive economy which owes its good reputation in the world to its entrepreneurs, business people and investors. With the high Australian dollar making life difficult for most of our exporters, these finalists and so many more have excelled in finding new ways of successfully marketing their products and services in tough global markets.”