Austrade information

Austrade Market Profiles --  Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
Chief Economist’s France Export Snapshot  October 2006
Chief Economist’s Germany Export Snapshot  October 2006

External information

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade country profiles [DFAT]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade European Union profile [DFAT]

Latest news

Recent media releases for the Western European markets:

• Aussies storming the Bastille: Surf wear, Seafood, Songs and Sport (13 Jul 2007)
• Aussie fashion makes the cut in Sweden (30 Apr 2007)   
• PopKomming to Australia (21 Mar 2007)
• Geelong businesses to hear how to win business in Western Europe (16 Mar 2007)
• Melbourne Businesses to hear how to win business in Western Europe (16 Mar 2007)
• Export or expire- Savvy SA businesses make it work (16 Mar 2007)   
• ACT businesses to build on strengths with Western Europe (16 Mar 2007)   
• V’nice Art NT artist to show at world famous Biennale (07 Mar 2007)   
• Rain Man taps Western Europe markets (27 Feb 2007)   
• Western Europe abuzz with Medihoney alternative to steroids for childhood eczema (20 Feb 2007)   
• Sneaky Sounds out the International Stage (22 December 2006)
• Paris goes Nuts for Aussies this Christmas (22 December 2006)
• Indie musos offered the latest from Europe via live link-up (28 July 2006)
• Golden Goal: Can the Socceroos lift the bar on Australian exports? (9 June 2006)

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Case studies

	Ghost & Lola - Corporate Partnerships Program helps sell jewellery in Milan Having a career in museums and a visual arts background can make it hard to slot into a paid job if you relocate to an Australian country town. So when Kim McClintock and her partner moved to the picturesque northern New South Wales town of Suffolk Park, near Byron Bay in 2002, she decided to channel her creative energies into something different. The result is unique, individually-crafted necklaces and earrings made from reworked vintage jewellery. (August 2006)
	Victorian enviro-technology business signs $190m European export deal A $190 million deal signed in The Netherlands by Melbourne-based Ozmotech will generate export income for Australia and help promote environmentally friendly energy overseas. The environmental technology developer will supply 31 ThermoFuel systems that turn waste plastic into diesel fuel. When in full production the systems will produce more than 350 million litres of diesel fuel per annum from more than 400,000 tonnes of waste plastics, most of which would otherwise be destined for landfill. The systems were bought by Dutch waste management business EnvoSmart Technologies for deployment in Germany, The Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, The Czech Republic and other European countries. (July 2006)