Top 200 Agribusinesses

RANK	COMPANY NAME	LOCATION	YEAR	SALES REVENUE ($'000)	SECTOR
1	Mitsui & Co	SYDNEY,NSW	2000	12,273,889	Cereal grain; Dairy; Meat
2	CSR	CHATSWOOD,NSW	2001	6,424,000	Chemicals; Sugar
3	Futuris Corp	ADELAIDE,SA	2001	5,676,461	Beef; Wool
4	Wesfarmers	PERTH,WA	2001	4,243,284	Farm Produce; Fertiliser; Wool
5	CC Amatil	SYDNEY,NSW	2000	4,199,700	Fruit and vegetables
6	Pacific Dunlop	RICHMOND,VIC	2001	4,166,800	Cotton
7	BAT Australasia	EASTGARDENS,NSW	2000	3,812,969	Tobacco
8	Orica	MELBOURNE,VIC	2000	3,672,700	Farm produce; Fertiliser; Pesticides
9	Foster's Group	SOUTHBANK,VIC	2000	3,170,200	Beer; Malt; Wine
10	Goodman Fielder	MACQUARIE PARK,NSW	2000	3,136,300	Cereals; Flour; Foods; Poultry
11	WMC	SOUTHBANK,VIC	2000	3,092,000	Fertiliser
12	Southcorp	ADELAIDE,SA	2000	2,619,906	Grapes; Wine
13	Marubeni	SYDNEY,NSW	2000	2,406,734	Cereal grain; Farm produce; Fruit and vegetables; Wool
14	Philip Morris	MOORABBIN,VIC	2000	2,404,400	Tobacco
15	Nestle	SYDNEY,NSW	2000	2,033,038	Dairy; Foods; Fruit and vegetables
16	ConAgra	DINMORE,QLD	2000	1,934,596	Beef; Wool
17	ITOCHU Australia	SYDNEY,NSW	2000	1,832,989	Cereal grain; Machinery; Farm produce; Meat; Wool
18	Lion Nathan	SYDNEY,NSW	2000	1,611,500	Beer, Malt
19	George Weston	CHATSWOOD,NSW	2000	1,556,174	Smallgoods; Biscuits; Cereals; Dairy; Flour; Poultry
20	AWB	MELBOURNE,VIC	2000	1,530,015	Cereal grain; Grain storage
21	Burns Philp	SYDNEY,NSW	2001	1,421,600	Cereals; Flour; Foods
22	Dairy Farmers Group	NORTH SYDNEY,NSW	2000	1,416,548	Dairy
23	Ridley	EPPING,NSW	2001	1,378,790	Farm produce; Pharmaceuticals
24	Nufarm	LAVERTON NORTH,VIC	2000	1,369,974	Farm produce; Pharmaceuticals; Pesticides
25	Murray Goulburn Co-op	BRUNSWICK,VIC	2001	1,365,000	Dairy
26	Nissho Iwai	SYDNEY,NSW	2000	1,246,408	Cereal grain; Farm produce; Meat; Tobacco
27	Cadbury Schweppes	MELBOURNE,VIC	2000	1,233,633	Biscuits; Foods; Fruit and vegetables
28	Mars	WODONGA,VIC	2000	1,228,264	Foods
29	Bonlac Foods	MELBOURNE,VIC	2001	1,221,500	Dairy
30	Unilever	EPPING,NSW	2000	1,167,711	Dairy; Foods; Fruit and vegetables
31	National Foods	MELBOURNE,VIC	2000	1,096,870	Dairy; Fruit and vegetables
32	Inghams Enterprises	LIVERPOOL,NSW	2001	995,000	Poultry
33	Incitec	BRISBANE,QLD	2000	949,111	Farm produce; Fertilisers; Pesticides
34	Caterpillar	TULLAMARINE,VIC	2000	941,834	Machinery
35	Lief International	NORTH SYDNEY,NSW	1999	908,166	Farm produce
36	Grain Pool WA	PERTH,WA	2000	861,596	Cereal grain; Grain storage
37	CSL	PARKVILLE,VIC	2001	843,308	Farm produce; Pharmaceuticals
38	CITIC	MELBOURNE,VIC	2000	804,326	Cereal grain; Meat
39	Mitsubishi Australia	SYDNEY,NSW	2000	793,930	Cereal grain; Dairy; Farm produce; Meat; Poultry
40	Cargill	MELBOURNE,VIC	2000	790,763	Cereal grain; Farm produce; Meat
41	Arnotts	HOMEBUSH,NSW	2000	788,796	Biscuits; Foods
42	Qld Cotton	NEWSTEAD,QLD	2001	777,300	Cotton
43	Sumitomo Australia	SYDNEY,NSW	2000	769,881	Farm produce; Meat
44	Ricegrowers' Co-op	LEETON,NSW	2001	729,366	Cereal grain; Foods; Grain storage
45	Simplot	CHELTENHAM,VIC	2000	720,070	Smallgoods; Foods; Fruit and vegetables; Meat; Poultry
46	Merck Sharp & Dohme	GRANVILLE SOUTH,NSW	2000	714,000	Pharmaceuticals
47	Australian Capital Equity	WEST PERTH,WA	2001	704,000	Machinery
48	Parmalat Aust	SOUTH BRISBANE,QLD	2000	688,528	Dairy; Fruit and vegetables
49	GWA	BRISBANE,QLD	2000	653,012	Machinery
50	Bartter Enterprises	NORTH RYDE,NSW	2001	650,000	Smallgoods; Poultry
51	BRL Hardy	REYNELLA,SA	2000	627,434	Grapes; Wine
52	Roberts	HOBART,TAS	2000	607,671	Machinery; Farm produce; Wool
53	Pivot	MELBOURNE,VIC	2000	602,818	Cereal grain; Fertiliser; Flour
54	Costa's	GEELONG,VIC	2001	602,500	Fruit and vegetables
55	Kraft Foods	PORT MELBOURNE,VIC	1999	588,214	Cereals; Dairy; Foods; Fruit and vegetables; Meat
56	Namoi Cotton Co-op	WEE WAA,NSW	2000	587,677	Cotton; Farm produce
57	Finasucre	ENOGGERA,QLD	2000	564,390	Farm produce; Sugar
58	Twynam Agricultural Group	SYDNEY,NSW	2001	552,000	Cereal grain; Cotton; Farm produce; Sheep; Beef
59	G H Michell	SALISBURY SOUTH,SA	2001	535,000	Leather; Wool
60	NS Komatsu	FAIRFIELD,NSW	2000	529,730	Machinery
61	Teys Bros	BEENLEIGH,QLD	2001	509,000	Meat
62	Manildra Group	AUBURN,NSW	2001	508,000	Cereals; Flour; Sugar
63	Daewoo Aust	NORTH SYDNEY,NSW	1999	502,724	Machinery; Farm produce; Meat
64	Nippon Meat	NORTH SYDNEY,NSW	2000	499,094	Meat
65	Chamberlain Holdings	CRESTMEAD,QLD	2000	496,341	Machinery
66	Heinz Wattie's	HAWTHORN EAST,VIC	2000	477,232	Biscuits; Cereals; Foods; Fruit and vegetables; Meat
67	Berri	EAST MELBOURNE,VIC	2001	444,250	Foods; Fruit and vegetables
68	Kellogg	PAGEWOOD,NSW	1999	443,411	Cereals; Foods
69	Orlando Wyndham	DEVON PARK,SA	2000	440,590	Wine
70	SmithKline Beecham	DANDENONG,VIC	1999	430,228	Pharmaceuticals
71	Bindaree Beef	INVERELL,NSW	2001	425,000	Meat
72	Cummins Engine	SCORESBY,VIC	2000	422,348	Machinery
73	Griffin Holdings	PERTH,WA	2001	420,000	Machinery
74	Smith's Snackfood	CHATSWOOD,NSW	1999	409,516	Foods
75	Du Pont	NORTH SYDNEY,NSW	2000	401,000	Pharmaceuticals; Pesticides
76	Peters & Brownes	BALCATTA,WA	2001	397,400	Dairy
77	Competitive Foods	OSBORNE PARK,WA	2001	386,000	Meat
78	JK International	ROCKLEA,QLD	2001	385,000	Flour; Fruit and vegetables
79	AHP Holdings	BAULKHAM HILLS,NSW	2000	382,500	Pharmaceuticals; Pesticides
80	Sanger Aust	SYDNEY,NSW	2001	370,000	Meat
81	ABB Grain	ADELAIDE,SA	2000	368,167	Cereal grain
82	Danks Holdings	BRAESIDE,VIC	2001	363,480	Farm produce
83	Bayer	PYMBLE,NSW	1999	355,687	Farm produce; Pharmaceuticals; Pesticides
84	Riverina (Australia)	WEST END,QLD	2000	350,611	Cereal grain; Farm produce; Meat
85	Grainco	BRISBANE,QLD	2000	345,266	Cereal grain; Grain storage
86	GUD Holdings	SUNSHINE,VIC	2001	341,213	Machinery
87	SK Global	SYDNEY,NSW	1999	332,040	Machinery
88	Gough & Gilmour	PARRAMATTA,NSW	2001	330,000	Machinery
89	Commercial Motor Vehicles	ADELAIDE,SA	2001	320,000	Fruit; Grapes
90	Case Corporation	ST MARYS,NSW	2000	317,223	Machinery
91	Australian Dairy Corp	SOUTHBANK,VIC	2000	316,803	Dairy
92	BASF	NOBLE PARK,VIC	2000	303,178	Farm produce; Chemicals
93	Vinidex	GORDON,NSW	1999	291,445	Machinery
94	Sanitarium Health Food Co	WAHROONGA,NSW	2001	289,600	Cereals; Foods
95	Grain Growers	DUBBO,NSW	2000	284,956	Cereal grain; Farm produce; Grain storage
96	Samsung	NORTH SYDNEY,NSW	2000	284,313	Farm produce
97	Dow Chemical	ALTONA,VIC	2000	279,000	Chemicals
98	Bidvest	PYRMONT,NSW	2000	278,879	Dairy; Fruit and vegetables; Meat; Poultry
99	Eli Lilly	WEST RYDE,NSW	2000	274,324	Farm produce; Pharmaceuticals
100	Snack Foods	PYMBLE,NSW	2001	272,339	Biscuits; Foods
101	Syngenta Crop Protection	PENDLE HILL,NSW	1999	268,290	Farm produce
102	Jossco Aust	MILLERS POINT,NSW	2001	267,500	Cereal grain; Farm produce
103	Craig Mostyn	LIDCOMBE,NSW	2001	265,000	Smallgoods; Cereal grain; Farm produce; Foods; Fruit and vegetables; Meat; Poultry
104	Monsanto	MELBOURNE,VIC	2000	263,267	Farm Produce, Pharmaceuticals; Sugar
105	Golden Circle	NORTHGATE,QLD	2000	262,000	Fruit and vegetables
106	Roche Products	DEE WHY,NSW	2000	261,002	Pharmaceuticals
107	SPC	SHEPPARTON,VIC	2000	252,548	Foods; Fruit and vegetables
108	Chargeurs Wool	WAGGA WAGGA,NSW	2000	252,000	Wool
109	Pfizer	WEST RYDE,NSW	2000	248,991	Farm produce; Pharmaceuticals
110	Louis Dreyfus	SOUTH YARRA,VIC	2000	248,746	Cereal grain; Meat; Wool
111	McCain Foods	WENDOUREE,VIC	2000	248,000	Foods; Fruit and vegetables
112	Carter & Spencer Supplies	ROCKLEA,QLD	2001	247,000	Fruit and vegetables
113	Sara Lee Coffee & Tea	KINGSGROVE,NSW	2000	243,227	Foods
114	MBf Carpenters	SYDNEY,NSW	2000	241,834	Foods
115	Chiquita Brands	CAMBERWELL,VIC	2000	241,145	Fruit and vegetables; Grapes
116	Warrnambool Cheese & Butter	ALLANSFORD,VIC	2001	240,000	Dairy
117	Kreglinger	LAVERTON NORTH,VIC	2000	234,711	Farm produce; Leather; Wool
118	Hitachi Construction Machinery	REVESBY,NSW	2000	221,692	Machinery
119	John Swire & Sons	SYDNEY,NSW	2000	215,006	Cotton; Grain; Sheep; Beef
120	Co-op Bulk Handling	WEST PERTH,WA	2000	214,004	Grain storage
121	Mackay Sugar Co-op	MACKAY,QLD	2001	212,100	Sugar
122	New Holland Australia	ST MARYS,NSW	1999	206,194	Machinery
123	Joe White Maltings	EAST MELBOURNE,VIC	2000	203,897	Beer; Malt; Farm produce; Foods
124	Castle Bacon	CASTLEMAINE,VIC	2001	200,000	Smallgoods; Poultry
125	APS Chemicals	SEVEN HILLS,NSW	2000	199,352	Foods; Pharmaceuticals; Chemicals
126	Shaw Industries	TOTTENHAM,VIC	2000	195,461	Cotton
127	A I Topper	SYDNEY,NSW	2001	195,071	Farm produce; Leather
128	Norco Co-op	SOUTH LISMORE,NSW	2001	193,500	Dairy; Farm produce
129	Tatura Milk	TATURA,VIC	2001	191,250	Dairy
130	Australian Leather Holdings	WEST PERTH,WA	2000	188,823	Leather
131	Dunavant Enterprises	MOREE,NSW	2000	182,000	Cotton; Farm produce
132	Pharmacia Australia	RYDALMERE,NSW	1999	181,273	Farm produce; Pharmaceuticals
133	Sumikin Bussan International	MELBOURNE,VIC	1999	177,401	Meat
134	WoolStock Aust	PARKVILLE,VIC	2000	173,165	Wool
135	Midfield Meat Group	WARRNAMBOOL,VIC	2001	171,552	Meat
136	Dewavrin	NORTH SYDNEY,NSW	2000	169,467	Wool
137	Clorox Holdings	PADSTOW,NSW	2000	168,275	Farm produce; Pesticides
138	Toshoku	MELBOURNE,VIC	1999	167,662	Cereal grain; Dairy; Farm produce; Meat
139	Ardmona	MOOROOPNA,VIC	2000	163,535	Fruit and vegetables
140	WAME Holdings	FREMANTLE,WA	2001	163,000	Meat
141	Internatio-Muller	MULGRAVE,VIC	2000	161,920	Farm produce; Foods; Pharmaceuticals; Chemicals
142	Lemarne Corp	MELBOURNE,VIC	2000	158,572	Machinery
143	Green's Foods	GLENDENNING,NSW	2000	157,485	Cereals; Flour; Foods; Fruit and vegetables; Sugar
144	Baiada Poultry	PENDLE HILL,NSW	2001	157,000	Poultry
145	Ausbulk	ADELAIDE,SA	2000	155,500	Cereal grain; Flour; Grain storage
146	Cerebos Foods	SEVEN HILLS,NSW	2000	153,735	Cereals; Foods; Fruit and vegetables
147	Darling Downs Bacon Co-op	WEST END,QLD	2000	153,000	Smallgoods; Meat; Poultry
148	BWK Elders Australia	SOUTH MELBOURNE,VIC	1999	147,882	Wool
149	MQF	GREENACRE,NSW	2000	140,700	Smallgoods
150	Rural Traders	MIDLAND,WA	2000	138,617	Farm produce; Wool
151	Joyce Corp	O'CONNOR,WA	2000	136,777	Farm produce; Pesticides
152	Standard Wool	NORTH FREMANTLE,WA	2000	136,555	Wool
153	HRL	MULGRAVE,VIC	2001	136,500	Fertilisers
154	Webster	HOBART,TAS	2000	135,943	Machinery; Farm produce; Fruit and vegetables
155	Aventis CropScience	HAWTHORN EAST,VIC	2000	132,000	Farm produce; Pesticides
156	Tomen	SYDNEY,NSW	2000	131,326	Cereal grain; Dairy; Farm produce; Wool
157	SBA Foods	ALTONA NORTH,VIC	1999	129,578	Meat
158	San Remo Macaroni	WINDSOR GARDENS,SA	2001	127,500	Cereals; Fruit and vegetables
159	Ballantyne	SOUTH MELBOURNE,VIC	2001	127,000	Dairy; Foods
160	Modiano	MELBOURNE,VIC	2000	121,256	Wool
161	Procter & Gamble	PARRAMATTA,NSW	2000	120,777	Foods; Pharmaceuticals
162	Simeon Wines	PARKSIDE,SA	2000	116,087	Fruit and vegetables; Grapes; Wine
163	Hyundai Australia	NORTH SYDNEY,NSW	1999	112,455	Cereal grain; Machinery
164	Ciba Specialty Chemicals	THOMASTOWN,VIC	2000	112,000	Chemicals
165	G & K O'Connor	PAKENHAM,VIC	2001	112,000	Meat
166	Scalzo Trading	KENSINGTON,VIC	2001	112,000	Farm produce; Fruit and vegetables
167	Safcol	ELIZABETH SOUTH,SA	1999	108,862	Grocery; Feeds
168	E G Green & Sons	HARVEY,WA	2001	108,140	Beef; Meat
169	Bega Cheese	NORTH BEGA,NSW	2001	107,320	Dairy
170	Farmoz	EDGECLIFF,NSW	2001	107,000	Farm produce
171	Campbell Australasia	HOMEBUSH,NSW	2000	106,782	Fruit and vegetables
172	Coopers Brewery	LEABROOK,SA	2001	106,000	Beer; Malt; Dairy; Foods; Fruit and vegetables
173	McWilliams Wines	CHULLORA,NSW	2001	106,000	Grapes; Wine
174	De Bortoli Wines	BILBUL,NSW	2000	105,107	Grapes; Wine
175	Tatiara Meat	SOUTH MELBOURNE,VIC	1999	103,980	Meat
176	Grow Force Aust	GIRRAWEEN,NSW	2000	103,024	Machinery; Farm produce; Fertiliser
177	P D Mulligan (Holdings)	COWRA,NSW	2001	102,000	Smallgoods; Meat; Poultry
178	VHSP	LAVERTON NORTH,VIC	2001	100,000	Farm produce; Leather
179	Chickadee Foods	LISAROW,NSW	2001	99,000	Poultry
180	Henkel Australia	KILSYTH,VIC	1999	98,647	Organic Industrial Chemical Manufacturing n.e.c.
181	Bunzl	SCORESBY,VIC	1999	98,399	Tobacco
182	Techwool Trading	LAVERTON NORTH,VIC	2001	98,000	Wool
183	Castricum Brothers Export	DANDENONG,VIC	2001	97,500	Farm produce; Leather; Meat
184	M C Herd	CORIO,VIC	2001	95,000	Meat
185	Samuel Smith	ANGASTON,SA	2001	95,000	Grapes; Wine
186	Snow Brand Aust	SOUTHBANK,VIC	1999	93,097	Dairy
187	Irymple Packing	IRYMPLE,VIC	2001	92,700	Fruit and vegetables
188	Bustan Australia	MELBOURNE,VIC	1999	90,270	Cereal grain; Farm produce; Wool
189	Mildura Co-op Fruit	MILDURA,VIC	2000	89,469	Fruit and vegetables
190	Blue Ribbon Holdings	LAUNCESTON,TAS	2000	88,849	Smallgoods; Meat
191	Fletcher Int'l Exports	DUBBO,NSW	2000	87,000	Farm produce; Leather; Meat; Wool
192	Kilcoy Pastoral	KILCOY,QLD	2001	86,000	Meat
193	Associated Wool Exporters	NORTH SYDNEY,NSW	1999	83,585	Wool
194	Ssangyong Aust	NORTH SYDNEY,NSW	1999	83,585	Farm produce
195	NSW Sugar Milling Co-op	BROADWATER,NSW	2001	82,600	Sugar
196	Cordina Chicken Farms	GIRRAWEEN,NSW	2001	82,500	Poultry
197	Grove Int'l	CHATSWOOD,NSW	2000	82,122	Dairy; Farm produce; Meat; Poultry
198	McCormick Foods	CLAYTON SOUTH,VIC	2000	80,100	Foods; Fruit and vegetables
199	CCW Co-op	GLOSSOP,SA	2000	79,894	Fruit and Vegetable Wholesaling
200	Waco Kwikform	RYDALMERE,NSW	2000	78,223	Machinery