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  • Imports from the Philippines A$488 million
  • Exports to the Philippines A$1,808 million
  • Capital Manila
  • Official Languages Filipino (Tagalog), English
  • Surface Area 300,000 sq km
  • Population 95.8 million

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Australia set to benefit from rising consumption in Asia
29 May 2013
Australia is well-placed to benefit from the region’s rising consumption, according to Australia’s Parliamentary Secretary for Trade, the Honourable Kelvin Thomson.
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Preparing for the Asian Century (Ministerial)
14 May 2013
The Gillard Government is providing an additional $84.6 million over four years to Australian universities, some of which will give students more opportunity to study an Asian language.
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Austrade briefs Parliamentarians on Asian Century opportunities (Parliamentary Secretary for Trade)
18 Mar 2013
Parliamentary Secretary for Trade, the Hon Kelvin Thomson MP, today hosted an information session for Senators and Members with Austrade's Asia-based Trade Commissioners.
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Government opens Asian Century business grants (Ministerial)
1 Mar 2013
The Gillard Government today took another step in helping business capitalise on opportunities in Asia by calling on expressions of interests in the $6 million Asian Century Business Engagement Plan.

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Country Profile

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  • ECONOMIC CLIMATE
    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimated the Philippines' GDP at US$216 billion in 2011. The Philippine economy is the fifth-largest in ASEAN (after Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore). 
    » read more at DFAT
  • TRADE RELATIONS
    Australia and the Philippines have a long history of bilateral cooperation. Diplomatic relations were established when Australia opened a Consulate-General in Manila on 22 May 1946.
    » read more at DFAT
  • FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
    The Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) is Australia’s most ambitious trade deal to date. 
    » read more at DFAT

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