12 November, 2020
Jeremy Rockliff MP
Minister for Trade
2020-21 Budget: Trading our way out of the COVID-19 downturn
The 2020-21 State Budget includes an additional $2.65 million to deliver the Tasmanian Trade Strategy and to implement the Interim Trade Action Plan, ensuring we use our island’s competitive strengths to help rebuild from COVID-19.
This investment will boost returns to Tasmanian businesses over the long term and get us back on track towards our target of growing the value of our exports to $15 billion a year by 2050.
The Interim Trade Action Plan addresses the immediate needs of businesses and exporters that have been affected by disruptions to global trade and supply chains in 2020.
Before COVID-19, our trade sector was worth some $5 billion a year to the Tasmanian economy, and we recognise the important role trade now has to play in our economic recovery.
In 2020-21 this new funding will help deliver the 41 trade growth initiatives identified by the Interim Plan, including;
We understand the significance of trade to the Tasmanian economy and have already commenced many of these initiatives to ensure that we can continue to take our products to the world.
The Tasmanian manufacturing sector will also play a pivotal role in our trade growth and will be supported with the soon to be released Advanced Manufacturing Action Plan.
For more information of the Tasmanian Trade Strategy and Interim Trade Action Plan go to www.stategrowth.tas.gov.au/business/trade/tasmanian_trade_strategy