Senate Notice Paper Question No 2592
Schedule Number: 300328
Publication Date: 9 March 2010
Hansard: Pages 1454-9

Defence Export Approvals

Senator: Ludlam

Senator Ludlam asked the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 2 February 2010:

  1. For the 2008-09 financial year, what were the ‘top 200’ defence export approvals by value.
  2. Which companies were involved in each of these contracts.
  3. To which countries did each of these approvals refer.
  4. What was the nature of the equipment involved in each contract.

Senator Faulkner - The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:

(1),(2),(3) and (4) The ‘top 200’ defence export approvals by value, including country and nature of equipment, are listed below.
 
The list reflects the export approvals, and the values provided are in accordance with information supplied to Defence by applicants.  Authoritative information on actual export transactions would need to be obtained from the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.

Some duplicate entries may be the result of a company applying to renew a six month permit within the year.

Consistent with responses to previous questions of this type, the names of the companies have not been released due to the Commercial-in-Confidence nature of the information.

Nature of Goods Destination Value (AUD)
Military Vehicles Thailand $137,000,000
Military Vessels New Zealand $95,000,000
Military Aircraft U.S.A. $77,425,902
Chemicals Ghana $74,532,909
Military Specialised Equipment India $30,000,000
Military Vehicles Canada $29,750,000
Military Vehicles U.S.A. $29,750,000
Military Aircraft U.S.A. $29,577,600
Military Fire Control Systems Singapore $28,700,000
Chemicals Mali $25,450,000
Military Vehicles U.S.A. $25,000,000
Chemicals Ghana $23,240,250
Military Body Armour Israel $21,000,000
Military Body Armour Israel $21,000,000
Military Vessels Singapore $17,074,868
Chemicals Mali $16,850,000
Chemicals Ghana $16,547,693
Chemicals Peru $15,934,763
Military Vessels Trinidad $14,460,500
Chemicals Chile $14,000,000
Chemicals Peru $12,624,514
Chemicals Peru $11,549,860
Chemicals Ghana $10,406,570
Military Software Sweden $10,000,000
Chemicals Guinea $9,639,480
Chemicals Peru $9,180,000
Chemicals Ghana $8,840,000
Chemicals Ghana $8,840,000
Military Aircraft U.S.A. $8,792,585
Chemicals Peru $8,781,472
Chemicals Guinea $8,684,210
Chemicals Mali $8,520,000
Chemicals Ghana $8,338,828
Chemicals Mali $7,510,000
Military Body Armour Israel $7,500,000
Technology Malaysia $6,850,000
Chemicals Guinea $6,810,000
Chemicals Argentina $6,500,000
Chemicals Peru $6,475,000
Chemicals Guinea $6,464,621
Chemicals Papua New Guinea $6,144,575
Chemicals Namibia $6,124,000
Chemicals Ghana $5,607,695
Chemicals Mali $5,600,000
Chemicals Peru $5,591,760
Chemicals Mali $5,580,000
Chemicals Namibia $5,500,000
Military Vessels Trinidad $5,461,500
Chemicals Mauritania $5,125,000
Military Ammunition United Kingdom $5,000,000
Military Technology U.S.A. $5,000,000
Military Technology U.S.A. $5,000,000
Military Vehicles Afghanistan $5,000,000
Military Vehicles Netherlands $5,000,000
Military Vehicles United Kingdom $5,000,000
Military Vessels U.S.A. $5,000,000
Military Vessels U.S.A. $5,000,000
Military Vessels U.S.A. $5,000,000
Military Vessels U.S.A. $5,000,000
Chemicals Peru $4,925,367
Chemicals Peru $4,925,363
Chemicals New Zealand $4,666,394
Chemicals Papua New Guinea $4,633,200
Chemicals Botswana $4,493,914
Military Vessels Philippines $4,404,375
Chemicals Ghana $4,304,899
Chemicals Peru $4,157,161
Chemicals Papua New Guinea $4,125,000
Chemicals New Zealand $4,050,000
Chemicals New Zealand $4,000,000
Military Vessels New Zealand $4,000,000
Chemicals Laos $3,962,000
Chemicals New Zealand $3,927,000
Chemicals Ghana $3,879,000
Chemicals New Zealand $3,861,267
Chemicals Botswana $3,794,643
Chemicals Laos $3,780,000
Chemicals Namibia $3,770,000
Chemicals Indonesia $3,600,000
Military Vessels U.S.A. $3,598,315
Cryptography Angola $3,500,000
Military Vehicles Afghanistan $3,500,000
Military Vehicles Netherlands $3,500,000
Chemicals Peru $3,400,000
Chemicals Saudi Arabia $3,392,400
Chemicals Ghana $3,360,000
Cryptography Afghanistan $3,285,000
Military Weaponry Accessories New Zealand $3,273,600
Military Weaponry Accessories Papua New Guinea $3,265,000
Chemicals New Zealand $3,207,000
Chemicals Mali $3,200,000
Chemicals Senegal $3,200,000
Chemicals Peru $3,131,041
Chemicals Peru $3,099,744
Chemicals Mauritania $3,000,000
Military Electronic Equipment U.S.A. $3,000,000
Military Vessels New Zealand $2,918,003
Chemicals Mauritania $2,900,000
Chemicals New Zealand $2,866,516
Chemicals Ghana $2,852,802
Chemicals Mali $2,850,000
Chemicals New Zealand $2,823,000
Chemicals Ghana $2,813,533
Chemicals Botswana $2,800,000
Military Body Armour Taiwan $2,767,800
Chemicals Senegal $2,702,580
Chemicals Peru $2,695,288
Chemicals Argentina $2,661,120
Chemicals Ghana $2,500,000
Chemicals South Africa $2,500,000
Military Vessels Japan $2,500,000
Military Vessels U.S.A. $2,500,000
Chemicals Thailand $2,262,582
Chemicals Mali $2,209,200
Chemicals Indonesia $2,180,500
Military Vessels Kuwait $2,129,000
Military Aircraft Germany $2,065,000
Cryptography India $2,060,140
Chemicals Ghana $2,049,720
Military Acoustic Systems United Kingdom $2,000,000
Chemicals Senegal $1,996,400
Chemicals Laos $1,967,000
Chemicals Canada $1,957,648
Chemicals New Zealand $1,944,000
Chemicals Argentina $1,941,144
Chemicals Peru $1,838,585
Chemicals Ivory Coast $1,827,784
Chemicals South Africa $1,814,000
Chemicals South Africa $1,814,000
Chemicals Argentina $1,800,000
Chemicals New Zealand $1,735,000
Electronic Equipment China $1,700,000
Electronic Equipment South Korea $1,700,000
Chemicals Indonesia $1,694,310
Chemicals Ghana $1,692,500
Chemicals Laos $1,680,000
Chemicals New Zealand $1,660,351
Chemicals Peru $1,655,661
Military Ammunition Germany $1,650,000
Cryptography Afghanistan $1,549,000
Military Electronic Equipment United Kingdom $1,508,589
Military Ammunition Malaysia $1,496,000
Chemicals Ivory Coast $1,444,997
Chemicals New Zealand $1,427,245
Chemicals Argentina $1,330,560
Chemicals New Zealand $1,330,560
Military Explosives U.S.A. $1,300,000
Chemicals Argentina $1,260,000
Chemicals Burkina Faso $1,203,696
Chemicals Papua New Guinea $1,200,000
Chemicals Peru $1,130,000
Chemicals Peru $1,069,769
Military Aircraft U.S.A. $1,064,147
Military Aircraft U.S.A. $1,064,147
Chemicals New Zealand $1,053,438
Chemicals U.S.A. $1,048,920
Military Electronic Equipment U.S.A. $1,039,173
Military Electronic Equipment U.S.A. $1,039,173
Military Surveillance/Tracking Systems United Kingdom $1,020,000
Military Technology U.S.A. $1,000,000
Military Technology U.S.A. $1,000,000
Military Vessels Germany $1,000,000
Military Vessels U.S.A. $1,000,000
Military Weaponry Accessories Nauru $1,000,000
Chemicals New Zealand $999,309
Cryptography Angola $998,375
Chemicals Burkina Faso $980,000
Cryptography India $977,083
Chemicals Burkina Faso $952,800
Chemicals Burkina Faso $952,800
Carbon Fibre Material Thailand $934,700
Body Armour Turkey $920,000
UAV'S U.S.A. $914,958
Cryptography Papua New Guinea $902,800
Chemicals Papua New Guinea $895,000
Chemicals Papua New Guinea $895,000
Chemicals Papua New Guinea $895,000
UAV'S Singapore $891,556
Chemicals Mauritania $844,320
Chemicals Mauritania $844,320
Chemicals Thailand $842,700
Chemicals Thailand $842,700
Image Intensifier Equipment Taiwan $828,757
Military Software U.S.A. $827,416
Military Aircraft United Kingdom $819,449
Cryptography Angola $802,314
Chemicals Thailand $770,555
Military Electronic Equipment U.S.A. $767,030
Chemicals Burkina Faso $750,000
Cryptography India $750,000
Chemicals Mexico $743,380
Military Electronic Equipment U.S.A. $718,256
Military Vessels United Kingdom $717,410
Chemicals Papua New Guinea $708,000
Cryptography Hong Kong $704,742
Military Tracking Systems New Zealand $703,329
Military Ammunition United Kingdom $646,366
Military Ammunition U.S.A. $646,196
Military Aircraft United Kingdom $636,661
Military Aircraft U.S.A. $636,661

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