Products Manufactured in Australia and New Zealand

Although primary production is the main industry in both Australia and New Zealand, there are nevertheless many products manufactured in Australia and New Zealand. This page describes the history and current state of Australia's manufacturing industry.
History
The contribution of manufacturing to Australia's gross domestic product peaked in the 1960s at 25%, and had dropped to 13% by 2001-2 and 10.5% by 2005-6. Before this, manufacturing accounted for 48% of exports, and for Australia's contribution to world development, since manufacturing accounted for 45% of research and development, both as of 2001.
Textile industry
Until trade liberalisation in the mid 1980s, Australia had a large textile industry. Since then, tariffs have steadily been reduced; in early 2010, the tariffs were reduced from 17.5% to 10% on clothing, and 7.5-10% to 5% for footware and other textiles.
As of 2010, most manufacturing, even by Australian companies, is performed in China.
Fabric
Webb and Trimming is claimed to be the largest manufacturer of "narrow" fabric in Australia.
Chemical industry
Australia has a substantial chemical industry, including the manufacture of many petrochemicals.
Many mining companies, such as BHP and Comalco, perform initial processing of raw materials . Similarly, Australia's agriculture feeds into the chemical industry. Tasmania produces 40% of the worlds opiates; some of this is locally converted into codeine and other pharmaceuticals in Tasmania by Tasmanian Alkaloids, owned by Johnson and Johnson, while GlaxoSmithKline processes some of the resulting poppy straw in Victoria.
Search engines
The following search engines and web sites list products manufactured in Australia and New Zealand
* http://www.australianmade.com.au/directory
* http://BuyAustralianMade.com.au
* http://www.buynz.org.nz/86574/html/page.html

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