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Australia Freight Transport Report Q2 2013 Report Features Players Qantas Freight and Australian National Lines
M2 - Mon Mar 11, 1:37PM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f8lhhn/australia_freight) has announced the addition of the "Australia Freight Transport Report Q2 2013" report to their offering. Although iron ore prices have risen on the back of optimism that stimulus from China will support demand, the author remains a little sceptical of the Chinese recovery as the structural problems still exist, and do not expect the rebound to last beyond H113. As such, the author maintains its expectations for the federal government to miss its surplus goal for the fiscal year 2012/13 (July-June). With China now taking its place at the top of Australia's export partner list, the fortunes of the country's freight industry are very much entwined with the Asian powerhouse. While the author expects domestic woes to weigh on import consumption and consumer sentiment, the recent improvement in the Chinese economy is likely to at least provide some reprieve to iron ore and coal exports. The increasing reliance on Austral