Trade Missions

728 The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON (Ramsay) (1 May 2019). How many outbound and inbound trade missions are planned for 2019? How many of these outbound missions does the minister intend to lead?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier): I have been advised:

The Department for Trade, Tourism and Investment (DTTI) has delivered an interim program of two inbound and two outbound business missions in 2019 to date.

The South Australian government engaged the Hon. Steven Joyce to undertake a review of the government's international strategy and approach to international activities. The review was released on 6 March 2019.

The findings of this review will inform the government's international trade strategy and future approach to business missions.

Recommendation 9.28 of the Joyce review states that an annual calendar of business missions be released, after extensive consultation with industry. DTTI in conjunction with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and other agencies is commencing an extensive process of consultation with industry groups from food and agribusiness, international education, tourism, energy and minerals, defence and space industries, high-tech, health and medical industries and creative industries sectors, and across government, to develop sector strategies to deliver on the South Australian Growth Agenda.

As this work progresses, it is expected that global trade and investment opportunities that would be best progressed by either an inbound or outbound business mission, would be identified during this process, and a forward calendar of mission activities supporting priority sector growth, identified. Once the forward calendar is finalised, consideration will be given to ministerial participation.