What the ACCC does

  • We monitor compliance with obligations in the wheat port code.
  • We produce monitoring reports that analyse bulk grain exports and examine industry matters.
  • We engage with industry to hear concerns and emerging issues.

What the ACCC can't do

  • We don’t monitor the price of bulk grain export port terminal services.
  • We don’t monitor the entire bulk grain export supply chain.

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What we do in bulk grain ports monitoring

The ACCC monitors compliance with obligations in the Wheat Port Code of Conduct.

As part of our monitoring role, we produce and publish monitoring reports to:

  • track and monitor the effects of deregulation in the industry following exemption decisions at some of Australia’s bulk grain export facilities
  • inform discussions about key issues for bulk grain exports
  • promote transparency.

We also perform other specific roles under the wheat port code. See the Wheat Port Code of Conduct for more information on our role and activities.

    Bulk grain ports monitoring reports

    We produce a bulk grain monitoring report each year.

    Monitoring reports examine topics such as:

    • amounts and types of grain exported
    • port terminal service provider market shares of bulk grain exports
    • exporter market shares at bulk grain export port terminal facilities
    • capacity utilisation at bulk grain export port terminal facilities
    • any concerns or complaints made by exporters of bulk wheat on securing fair and transparent access to port terminal services
    • the role and impact of the Port Terminal Access (Bulk Wheat) Code of Conduct.

    Current monitoring report

    Previous monitoring reports

    See Bulk grain ports monitoring reports for a complete list of reports we have published.

    See also

    Port Terminal Access (Bulk Wheat) Code of Conduct

    Wheat Port Code of Conduct

    Exemption from parts of the wheat port code