Australian Trade and Investment Commission
Austrade
1 May 2016 – present
Previously Australian Trade Commission (1986–2016).
The Commonwealth's trade, investment, tourism and international education promotion agency, running the overseas Austrade network and administering the Export Market Development Grants scheme.
Names over time
- Australian Trade Commission1986–2016
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission2016–present
How it came into existence
The Australian Trade Commission took this name on 1 May 2016, when Schedule 2 of the Trade Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2016 (assented to on 23 March 2016) took effect and renamed the Australian Trade Commission Act 1985 as the Australian Trade and Investment Commission Act 1985. The agency continued in the Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio with the same functions.
- Trade and investment promotion
- Export Market Development Grants scheme
- Tourism policy and research
Legislation: Australian Trade and Investment Commission Act 1985
Main functions
- Export promotion and advice to exporters
- Attracting productive foreign investment
- Export Market Development Grants scheme
- Tourism policy, programs and research
- International education promotion
- Consular and passport services at some overseas posts
Where it sits
In the portfolio of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
- Type of body
- Non-corporate Commonwealth entity
- Portfolio
- Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Accountable authority
- Chief Executive Officer – Australian Trade and Investment Commission Act 1985 section 7(3)(b)
- ABN
- 11 764 698 227
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- List of Commonwealth entities and companies under the PGPA Act, 1 July 2026 (Department of Finance) (as Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade))
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 12 September 2016 to the latest release (30 June 2026))
- Trade Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2016
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission Act 1985, compilation of 1 May 2016 – Federal Register of Legislation
- Trade Legislation Amendment (Australian Trade and Investment Commission) Regulation 2016
Government records and websites
Other sources
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