Northern Tasmania Region

Exports

In the Northern Tasmania Region, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing had the largest total exports by industry, generating $1,602 million in 2021/22.

Exports by industry are sales of goods and services to non-resident households, businesses and other organisations, outside the Northern Tasmania Region boundaries. Exports (domestic) include all exports from the area to other parts of Australia. Exports (international) includes all exports from the Region to countries outside Australia.

To get the full picture how each industry sector contributes to the regional or state economy, export data should be viewed alongside the other industry characteristics in the Industry sector analysis section.

Detailed notes about how the figures are derived can be found in the specific topic notes section.

Data source

National Economics (NIEIR) - Modelled series

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Total exports by industry sector
Northern Tasmania Region2021/222016/17Change
Industry$m%. Tasmania$m%. Tasmania2016/17 - 2021/22
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing1,602.124.717.71,089.818.514.6+512.3
Mining459.77.16.7273.54.66.0+186.2
Manufacturing1,541.723.719.81,861.231.622.4-319.5
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services99.21.54.773.21.24.4+26.0
Construction10.20.20.26.20.10.1+4.0
Wholesale Trade234.83.62.9202.13.42.2+32.7
Retail Trade301.54.63.4232.03.93.4+69.6
Accommodation and Food Services132.12.01.7107.01.82.6+25.1
Transport, Postal and Warehousing332.35.15.2273.64.76.0+58.7
Information Media and Telecommunications60.50.93.4124.12.14.0-63.6
Financial and Insurance Services265.44.13.5302.35.13.7-36.9
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services3.10.00.128.10.50.5-25.0
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services40.70.61.235.00.60.8+5.7
Administrative and Support Services22.40.30.415.90.30.5+6.5
Public Administration and Safety75.51.27.889.41.56.9-13.8
Education and Training278.34.35.1294.35.05.6-16.0
Health Care and Social Assistance929.014.314.0677.611.512.5+251.4
Arts and Recreation Services69.81.11.6110.61.92.1-40.8
Other Services40.60.60.886.41.51.5-45.9
Total industries6,498.7100.0100.05,882.1100.0100.0+616.6

Source: National Institute of Economic and Industry Research (NIEIR) ©2023. ©2023. Compiled and presented in economy.id by .id (informed decisions). Data are based on a 2020/21 price base for all years. NIEIR-ID data are inflation adjusted each year to allow direct comparison, and annual data releases adjust previous years’ figures to a new base year.Learn more

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Dominant groups

An analysis of the total exports by industry sectors in the Northern Tasmania Region in 2021/22 shows the three largest industries were:

  • Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (1,602 million or 24.7%)
  • Manufacturing (1,542 million or 23.7%)
  • Health Care and Social Assistance (929 million or 14.3%)

In combination these three industries accounted for 4,073 million in total or 62.7% of the total exports by industry in the the Northern Tasmania Region.

In comparison, the same 3 industries in Tasmania accounted for 17.7% in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; 19.8% in Manufacturing and 14.0% in Health Care and Social Assistance.

The major differences between the total exports by industries of the Northern Tasmania Region and Tasmania were:

  • A larger percentage of total exports by Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (24.7% compared to 17.7%)
  • A smaller percentage of total exports by Public Administration and Safety (1.2% compared to 7.8%)
  • A larger percentage of total exports by Manufacturing (23.7% compared to 19.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of total exports by Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services (1.5% compared to 4.7%)

Emerging groups

The total total exports by industry in the Northern Tasmania Region $increased by 617 million between 2016/17 and 2021/22.

The largest changes in the total exports by industries between 2016/17 and 2021/22 in the Northern Tasmania Region were for:

  • Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (+$512 million)
  • Health Care and Social Assistance (+$251 million)
  • Mining (+$186 million)
  • Retail Trade (+$70 million)

Northern Tasmania Region

economic profile