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The organizations that help companies export from and invest in Australia, grouped by what you need. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
1. Where to start
Austrade, ABF and ABS: the guide’s first stops, of the 14 organizations below.
Each card says what it can help with:Get adviceFind financeMeet requirementsResearch markets
- Get advice
National trade promotion agency
Austrade
Australian Trade and Investment Commission
Gives eligible Australian exporters market advice and contacts, runs the Export Market Development Grants program, and helps foreign investors find contacts in Australia.
Visit Austrade (opens in a new tab)Source: Austrade, services for Australian exporters (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Meet requirements
Customs and border authority
ABF
Australian Border Force
Takes export declarations through the Integrated Cargo System, runs the duty drawback scheme and publishes the list of free trade agreements.
Visit ABF (opens in a new tab)Source: Australian Border Force, export declaration, October 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of October 20, 2026
- Research markets
National statistics office
ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Publishes international trade, price and national accounts statistics, including the monthly consumer price index.
Visit ABS (opens in a new tab)Source: ABS, international trade statistics (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
2. Export development and market information
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
National trade promotion agency
Austrade
Australian Trade and Investment Commission
Gives eligible Australian exporters market advice and contacts, runs the Export Market Development Grants program, and helps foreign investors find contacts in Australia.
Visit Austrade (opens in a new tab)Source: Austrade, services for Australian exporters (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Research markets
National statistics office
ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Publishes international trade, price and national accounts statistics, including the monthly consumer price index.
Visit ABS (opens in a new tab)Source: ABS, international trade statistics (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Find finance
National export credit agency
EFA
Export Finance Australia
Offers small business export loans, other loans, bonds, guarantees and project finance for exporters and for overseas projects.
Visit EFA (opens in a new tab)Source: Export Finance Australia, organization overview (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
3. Investment and business setup
4 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Foreign investment screening board
FIRB
Foreign Investment Review Board
Advises the Treasurer on foreign investment proposals; Treasury's Foreign Investment Division runs the portal where investors lodge them.
Visit FIRB (opens in a new tab)Source: Treasury, Foreign Investment Review Board (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Meet requirements
Corporate regulator and registry
ASIC
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Registers companies and foreign companies that carry on business in Australia, and issues Australian Registered Body Numbers.
Visit ASIC (opens in a new tab)Source: ASIC, register a foreign company, October 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of October 2, 2026
- Meet requirements
Immigration and visa department
Home Affairs
Department of Home Affairs
Runs the Skills in Demand visa and other work and business visas that foreign staff may need.
Visit Home Affairs (opens in a new tab)Source: Department of Home Affairs, Skills in Demand visa, October 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of October 27, 2026
Business information service
business.gov.au
Explains how to register a business and finds licenses, and hosts pages for the Tradex Scheme and the R&D Tax Incentive.
Visit business.gov.au (opens in a new tab)Source: business.gov.au, exporting and your business (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
4. Customs and tax
2 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Customs and border authority
ABF
Australian Border Force
Takes export declarations through the Integrated Cargo System, runs the duty drawback scheme and publishes the list of free trade agreements.
Visit ABF (opens in a new tab)Source: Australian Border Force, export declaration, October 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of October 20, 2026
- Meet requirements
Tax and registration authority
ATO
Australian Taxation Office
Manages the Australian Business Register that issues Australian Business Numbers, according to business.gov.au.
Visit ATO (opens in a new tab)Source: business.gov.au, register for an Australian Business Number (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
5. Standards and sector requirements
2 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
National standards body
Standards Australia
Develops Australian standards and takes part in international standards work; it does not certify compliance with standards.
Visit Standards Australia (opens in a new tab)Source: Standards Australia, organization overview (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Meet requirements
National accreditation body
NATA
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Accredits testing laboratories and other conformity assessment bodies, whose results it says gain national and international acceptance.
Visit NATA (opens in a new tab)Source: NATA, organization overview (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
6. Chambers and industry associations
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Industry association
Ai Group
Australian Industry Group
Issues preferential and non-preferential certificates of origin for Australian exporters as an authorized body, and runs export documentation services.
Visit Ai Group (opens in a new tab)Source: Australian Industry Group, certificates of origin (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
Peak exporters' body
ECA
Export Council of Australia
Represents exporters of goods and services as a membership-based body, and works with government agencies such as Austrade.
Visit ECA (opens in a new tab)Source: Export Council of Australia, organization overview (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Get advice
National chamber of commerce
ACCI
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Represents Australian businesses to government through its member chambers and industry associations.
Visit ACCI (opens in a new tab)Source: ACCI, home page (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
7. How Promote:Global helps
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- Organize your next stepsKeep each product and market in a project, with a roadmap of steps you work through.
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Promote:Australia is an independent guide by Promote:Global, not an official government portal. The organizations named here are independent public and membership bodies, not Promote:Global partners, and every link goes to their own site.
Facts read from public sources, with an editorial cut-off of October 31, 2026. Nothing here is investment, legal, tax or sanctions advice. Check current status with the organization before you rely on it.