Wheat Export Marketing Arrangements
Inquiry report
This inquiry report was released on 28 October 2010.
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- Preliminaries (PDF - 166 Kb)
Cover, Copyright, Letter of transmittal, Terms of reference, Disclosure of interests, Contents and Abbreviations - Overview - including key points (PDF - 147 Kb)
- Recommendations and findings (PDF - 72 Kb)
- Chapter 1 Introduction (PDF - 75 Kb)
1.1 What was the Commission asked to do?
1.2 The Commission's approach
1.3 Conduct of the inquiry
1.4 Guide to the report - Chapter 2 The Australian bulk wheat export industry (PDF - 278 Kb)
2.1 Evolution of the marketing arrangements
2.2 Industry overview
2.3 Industry performance - Chapter 3 Marketing and pricing (PDF - 191 Kb)
3.1 An industry in transition
3.2 Key drivers of the price of export wheat and its variability over time
3.3 Growing and marketing wheat is a risky business
3.4 Issues raised about marketing, pricing and managing risk - Chapter 4 Accreditation of exporters (PDF - 233 Kb)
4.1 Eligibility criteria
4.2 The application process
4.3 Monitoring compliance with the Scheme
4.4 Direct costs of accreditation
4.5 Evaluating the arrangements as a whole — should accreditation continue?
4.6 Evaluating the criteria, conditions and level of assessment of accreditation - Chapter 5 Access to port terminal facilities (PDF - 298 Kb)
5.1 Background to port terminal access regulation
5.2 The current arrangements
5.3 The effectiveness and appropriateness of the WEMA access test
5.4 Access to port terminals after the transition
5.5 Regulatory requirements in addition to Part IIIA
5.6 Auctions as a mechanism for allocating limited capacity
5.7 Other issues
5.8 Alternatives to the suggested future arrangements - Chapter 6 Transport, storage and handling (PDF - 199 Kb)
6.1 How does the wheat supply chain operate?
6.2 Recent developments in the wheat supply chain
6.3 Access and competition in the supply chain
6.4 Transport infrastructure - Chapter 7 Information provision (PDF - 199 Kb)
7.1 Market information as an industry good
7.2 Provision of market information
7.3 Assessing the costs and benefits of information provision
7.4 The case for provision of wheat market information
7.5 Provision of industry goods and services - Chapter 8 Wheat quality standards and market segmentation (PDF - 174 Kb)
8.1 What are wheat quality standards?
8.2 Institutional arrangements
8.3 Why are quality standards important?
8.4 Issues in a deregulated environment - Chapter 9 Other industry good functions (PDF - 140 Kb)
9.1 'Other' industry good functions
9.2 Industry good functions under the single desk
9.3 Industry good functions since deregulation
9.4 An industry-led model - Appendix A Public consultation (PDF - 65 Kb)
- Appendix B Marketing and risk management tools (PDF - 70 Kb)
- Appendix C Australian and international experiences: accreditation and industry goods (PDF - 109 Kb)
- References (PDF - 80 Kb)
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