AUSTRALIAN IRON ORE EXPORTS POISED FOR 10 percent RISE

摘要

Australian iron ore exports will rise to 170.2m tonnes in fiscal 2002-2003, starting July 1, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural & Resource Economics (Abare). This signals a rise of 10.2 percent from a year earlier. However, reflecting the new lower benchmarks negotiated with Japan, export earnings will be 5.01bn Australia dollars, a fall of 1.8 percent, Abare predicted.