Cairns Group
The Cairns Group, established in August 1986 in Cairns, Australia, is an
informal association of agricultural exporting countries. Members include:
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Fiji, Hungary,
Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand, and Uruguay. The
Group seeks to reduce export subsidies and internal support measures and to
bring about other reforms to international agricultural trade. The Cairns
Group countries account for one third of world farm exports.