Australian
Trade Commission
Annual Report 2013–14
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  • Preliminary pages
    • Austrade at a glance
    • Letter of transmittal
    • Highlights from 2013–14
    • Outlook for 2014–15
    • Austrade locations
    • Auditors and acknowledgements
  • Agency overview
    • About Austrade
    • Chief Executive Officer's report
    • Austrade's network
    • Reporting framework
    • Organisational structure
  • Performance reporting
    • Outcome 1
    • Programme 1.1: Trade, education and investment promotion
    • Programme 1.2: Trade development schemes—Export Market Development Grants
    • Programme 1.3: Trade development schemes—Asian Business Engagement Plan
    • Outcome 2
    • Programme 2.1: Consular and passport services
    • Tourism policy, programmes and research
    • Programme 3: Tourism-related initiatives and management
  • Management and accountability
    • Corporate governance
    • Risk management
    • Legislative framework and external scrutiny
    • Management of human resources
    • Financial management and business assurance
    • Managing knowledge and information
  • Financial statements
    • 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 and TradeStart locations in Australia and TradeStart partners
    • C: Austrade's Service Charter
    • D: Work health and safety
    • E: Financial and staffing resources
    • F: Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance
    • G: Advertising and market research
    • H: List of requirements
    • List of figures and tables
    • Abbreviations and acronyms
    • Index
Austrade Annual Report 2011–12

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Austrade at a glance

Austrade’s role

Austrade contributes to Australia’s economic prosperity by helping Australian businesses, education institutions, governments and citizens as they develop international markets, win foreign direct investment, promote international education, or seek consular and passport services in certain locations overseas. During 2013–14, Austrade gained responsibility for tourism policy, programmes and research and now also focuses on strengthening Australia’s tourism industry under the Tourism 2020 strategy.

Austrade’s outcomes

Outcome 1: Advance Australia’s trade, investment and education promotion interests through information, advice and services to business, the education sector and governments.

Outcome 2: The protection and welfare of Australians abroad through timely and responsive consular and passport services in specific locations overseas.

Performance reporting

Austrade’s success in achieving its outcomes is measured against the deliverables and key performance indicators set out in the 2013–14 Portfolio Budget Statements for the Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio. Results are summarised in Part 2 of this report, starting on page 13.

Additional responsibilities

On 3 October 2013, responsibility for tourism policy, programmes and research was transferred to Austrade from the former Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism. The tourism function comprises programme 3 in the former department’s 2013–14 Portfolio Budget Statements.

In this report, Austrade has reported on the performance of the tourism programme for the whole financial year. Results are summarised in Part 2 of this report, starting on page 105.

Staffing overview

At 30 June 2014, Austrade had a total of 82 overseas offices in 48 markets, as well as 11 offices in Australia. Austrade employed 1,032 staff, 474 of whom were in Australia and 558 were based overseas.

Financial summary, 2011–12 to 2013–14
  2011–12
($m)
2012–13
($m)
2013–14
($m)
Departmental
Appropriations 167.2 160.0 176.8
Non-appropriation revenue 20.1 17.6 24.2
Total revenue 187.3 177.5 201.0
Total expenses 201.9 192.2 214.8
Operating surplus/(deficit) (14.6) (14.7) (13.8)
Departmental capital budget 15.3 18.5 11.0
Equity injection – – –
Administered expenses
Export Market Development Grants scheme 135.1 125.9 122.8
Asian Century Business Engagement Plan – – 1.8

Note: Some figures have been rounded.

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