World Grain - April 2015 - 18

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Australia positioned to supply grain to China
HONG KONG, CHINA - The opportunity for the Australian grains
industry to increase share in North Asia/China due to its reputation as
a quality supplier was a key theme at the Australian Grains Industry
Conference (AGIC) event in Hong Kong, China, on March 11.
In opening the conference, Paul Tighe, Australian Consul-General
to Hong Kong and Macau, highlighted the growth occurring in North
Asia, noting that China will account for one half of global growth
in food demand in the period to 2050. He said the Australian grains
industry is well positioned to take advantage of this demand growth.
Grain Trade Australia Chair Peter Reading noted the importance

Executive Director of the Australian Oilseeds Federation Nick
Goddard told delegates that China was now Australia's No.1 export
destination for Australian canola. This position is based around Ausregated non-GM and reliable supply.
Mitch Morison, Injekta Field Systems managing director, told
Australian customers that the Australian supply chain understood the
challenge of meeting the changing nature of customer requirements
from a supply chain perspective and that investment was occurring
to deliver this.

presence of the Consul-General. He thanked the Australian government for their support of the AGIC Asia events and welcomed their
participation in both the Singapore and Hong Kong events.
Delegates heard from a number of speakers throughout the day,
including James Campbell from ANZ who said now is the time to be
a quality supplier. He spoke about the industrialization of the food
and feed processing sectors in China which is supporting the demand
for consistent supply of quality grain.
Ron Storey from Australian Crop Forecasters noted that Australian
farmers were producing more tonnes from less rainfall and that this was
underpinning security of supply for customers. Storey noted that the
Australian industry had the ability to service a more customized market
and that this required better dialogue between suppliers and customers.

step into the northern Asian market had been very successful, building
on the expansion of the conference into Southeast Asia that started last
year and continued with an event in Singapore on March 9.
"AGIC Asia is a great opportunity to showcase the Australian
grains industry and the feedback from customers is that they value
the opportunity to hear directly from the Australian industry," she
said. "The conference also provided a great opportunity for the Australian industry to hear from customers, which will help ensure that
the Australian grains industry can continue to be a leading supplier to
the Asian market and take advantage of the ever growing expansion
opportunities in the Asian region."
Visit www.ausgrainsconf.com/asia to download the proceedings
from AGIC 2015 Hong Kong.

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