Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee (part 2 of 3)
25 May 2026
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Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee Australian Parliament
00:00 - 01:09
Speaker 113
Food and grocery supply chains, we have seen that cost pressures moving through those systems. Regional remote areas facing increased exposure due to freight and input costs. Again, if I can refer to Dizer in relation to further information about food and grocery supply chains. And finally, from... In relation to sulfuric acid, this actually comes largely from domestic sources, produces a byproduct of metal smelting operations or the...
Through the boarding of, burning of imported sulfur prill. And in 2025, Australia imported over a $140,000,000 in sulfapril almost exclusively from Canada. So, actually, our imports of sulfuric acid are small, mostly from China and supplemented by South Korea. So while supply remains, available, The Middle East disruption and China's export restrictions have tightened global supply, sulfur markets driving sharp price increases and upstream cost pressures. So sulfur prices have increased by more than 100% since the complex started compressing margins for producers and raising input costs for fertilizers, industrial users.
01:10 - 01:14
Speaker 61
And, again, senator, for further information, can I, for you to?
01:15 - 01:26
Speaker 4
Okay. But I just... I'm trying to understand. Is it part of your role to help secure supplies and supply chains of those things? So urea, fertilizer, sulfuric acid, or is it just liquid fuels?
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