Exports to China Soar to $17 Billion as Trade Barriers Fall

Barley crop being harvested on the property in central-west New South Wales. Greg Wood/AFP via Getty Images

A record $16.8 billion (US$11 billion) in agriculture, fisheries, and forestry exports went to China in the last financial year as punitive trade barriers fell.

The export increase in the 2022/23 financial year marked a 22 percent increase in value from the previous year.