According to a recent survey, most Australians are more willing to buy goods made in Australia, while trust in goods made in China has fallen slightly.
Australian domestic products are more popular with Australian consumers
More than 90 percent of Australians over 14 said they were more likely to buy goods made in Australia, according to a new study released by Roy Morgan (Roy Morgan). That's 88% four years ago. And there has been an increase in the number of Australians willing to buy goods produced by most of Australia's major trading partners, compared with four years ago.
In the year to September 2018, 60 percent of Australians over the age of 14 said they were more willing to buy New Zealand products, up 7 percent from 2014. It is worth mentioning that Australians' attitudes towards Canadian products have improved significantly, rising from 45% to 54% over the same period.
Australians are also more willing to buy products from other major trading partners than in 2014, including the UK (up from 55% to 60%), the United States (56% to 59%) and Germany (48% to 55%). Japan (49 percent to 55 percent) and South Korea (29 percent to 33 percent). The five countries are also among Australia's top 10 trading partners, according to 2017-18 data.
It is worth noting that although China is Australia's largest trading partner in terms of imports and exports, in the year to September 2018, only 34% of Australians over the age of 14 said they were more likely to buy products made in China. It's down 1% from four years ago. It can be seen that the China-Australia free trade agreement signed in 2015 (ChAFTA) did not stimulate the Australian people to Chinese products.
Shortly after the signing of the China-Australia free trade agreement, a telephone survey conducted by Roy Morgan in mid-2015 showed that 40 percent of Australians believed that a free trade agreement between China and Australia was a good thing, with 31 percent taking the opposite view and 29 percent feeling undecided.
Although Australians took a positive attitude towards China-Australia free trade in the 2015 poll, they were not keen on goods labeled "made in China".
Interviewees were asked "whether they would prefer to buy the following products, clothing, food, electrical appliances, cars, sporting goods, alcohol, if labeled 'made in Australia'".
In terms of food, the advantage of Australian products is overwhelming: 90 per cent of respondents preferred to buy Australian-made food, while only 6 per cent preferred Chinese food; Seventy-three percent of people tend to buy Australian wines, while only 4 percent prefer Chinese wines.
According to the report, although Australians have the highest support for clothes and appliances made in China, the advantages of Australian products are still quite obvious: 34% of Australians prefer to buy clothes made in China. But less than half the approval rating for Australian products (76%); Similarly, 29 percent support Chinese-made appliances, while 62 percent support Australian goods.
In particular, while Australia's home-grown auto industry ended in October 2017, 52 percent of Australians said they would prefer to buy cars made in Australia, compared with just 11 percent who prefer cars made in China.