Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

All Australian states and territories have seen real benefits, but Tasmania has seen particularly strong benefits. In 2017, more than 40 per cent of Tasmania's goods exports went to China, Japan or Korea—all countries with whom our government has sealed a free trade agreement. These exports were worth $1.4 billion to the Australian economy—

Senator Whish-Wilson interjecting—

I would have thought Senator Whish-Wilson might care about this—and were a 34 per cent increase on just the preceding year. That is such strong growth. It is growth that we are seeing in unwrought zinc, for example.

Senator O'Sullivan interjecting—