exports

Resources remain backbone of State export earnings

Queensland’s resources sector accounted for 80 per cent of the total value of the State’s exports of $79.9 billion in the 12 months to May 2020. Queensland Treasury’s analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed a drop of almost $6 billion in the value of Queensland exports in that time, while nationwide the total rose by $19.3 billion. Coal accounted for $32.6 billion of the Que...