Australian
Trade Commission
Annual Report 2011–12
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  • Preliminary pages
    • Agency statement
    • Highlights
    • Letter of transmittal
    • Reform of Austrade – delivering greater value
    • Austrade locations
    • Auditors
  • Agency overview
    • Chief Executive Officer's report
    • Organisational structure
    • About Austrade
    • Austrade's network
    • Performance framework
  • Performance reporting
    • Outcome 1
    • Program 1.1: Trade and investment development
      • Delivering opportunities to Australian businesses
      • Delivering services to individual enterprises
      • Marketing Australian education internationally
      • Delivering targeted trade and investment strategies
      • Attracting productive foreign direct investment to Australia
      • Promoting Australia internationally and raising awareness of the benefits of trade and investment
      • Contributing to the whole-of-government policy agenda and collaborating with key stakeholders
    • Program 1.2: Trade development schemes – Export Market Development Grants
      • Administering the Export Market Development Grants scheme
    • Outcome 2
    • Program 2.1: Consular and passport services
      • Delivering consular and passport services
  • Management and accountability
    • Accountability and management of resources
    • Risk management
    • Legislative framework and external scrutiny
    • Management of human resources
    • Financial management and business assurance
    • Managing knowledge and information
  • Financial management
    • Financial performance
    • Independent auditor's report
    • Certification of financial statements
    • Financial statements
    • Notes to and forming part of the financial statements
  • Appendixes
    • A: Staffing overview
    • B: Austrade locations in Australia (including TradeStart)
    • C: Client Service Charter
    • D: Work health and safety
    • E: Consultancies
    • F: Financial and staffing resources
    • G: Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance
    • H: Advertising and market research
    • I: List of requirements
    • Abbreviations and acronyms
    • Index
Austrade Annual Report 2011–12

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Preliminary pages

Agency statement

The Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) is the Australian Government's trade, investment and international education promotion agency.

Austrade assists Australian enterprises to increase international business, attracts productive foreign direct investment into Australia and promotes Australia's education and training sector internationally. Austrade also has consular management responsibilities in a number of international locations and provides consular and passport services, travel advice, contingency planning and crisis response in those areas.

Ministerial responsibility

The Hon Dr Craig Emerson MP held the position of Minister for Trade for the duration of the reporting period. In March 2012, Dr Emerson's responsibilities were expanded and he became the Minister for Trade and Competitiveness. For consistency, Dr Emerson is referred to as the Minister for Trade and Competitiveness throughout this report.

The Hon Justine Elliot MP held the position of Parliamentary Secretary for Trade for the duration of the reporting period.

Financial performance, 2009–10 to 2011–12
Administered financial performance
  2009–10
actuals ($m)		 2010–11
actuals ($m)		 2011–12
actuals ($m)		 2012–13
budget
Departmental
Appropriations 189.8 173.3 167.2 158.0
Non-appropriation revenue 26.8 26.8 20.1 24.0
Total revenue 216.6 200.1 187.3 182.0
Total expenses 212.0 218.9 201.9 200.4
Operating surplus/(deficit) 4.6 (18.8) (14.6) (18.4)
         
Departmental capital budget   14.2 15.3 18.5
Administered expenses        
Export Market Development Grants scheme 211.2 145.4 135.1 150.4

Note: The Export Market Development Grants scheme expended $141.9 million appropriated on grants and administration in 2011–12. The amounts shown in the table reflect the accrual position in each year. For further information on Austrade's financial performance, see page 125.

Staffing overview

At 30 June 2012, Austrade employed 985 staff, 76 per cent of whom were employed in overseas locations and client-focused operations in Australia.

  

Contact officer

Group Manager
Governance, Analysis and Planning
Austrade
GPO Box 5301
Sydney NSW 2001
Telephone: 02 9392 2714
Fax: 02 9392 2777
www.austrade.gov.au
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