| Senate Notice Paper Question No 2592 Schedule Number: 300328 |
Publication Date: 9 March 2010 Hansard: Pages 1454-9 |
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Defence Export Approvals |
Senator: Ludlam | |
Senator Ludlam asked the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 2 February 2010:
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 |