With a diverse and competitive industry base, Victoria is well placed to leverage major growth opportunities from Australia's largest goods export destination ($90 billion in 2014), and largest services export market ($8 billion in 2014).

The prospects for new trade and investment extend not only to our agriculture sector, but resources, energy, manufacturing and service industries.

ChAFTA must be approved by the Parliament this year so that business can benefit from tariff relief, with some tariff cuts occurring immediately and others to take affect from the start of 2016.

Victorian Chamber is united with the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, National Farmers’ Federation and Minerals Council of Australia in its call for Parliamentary approval of this crucial deal in 2015.