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Top Enterprises by Country
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Australia and New Zealand
| RANK |
COMPANY |
MAIN BUSINESS |
SALES ($ Millions) |
PROFIT ($ Millions) |
PROFIT as % of SALES |
1000 RANK |
| 1 |
BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY |
Steel, mining, oil |
13,797.2 |
-1,455.2 |
— |
50 |
| 2 |
NEWS CORP. |
Publishing, broadcasting |
13,704.7 |
684.8 |
5.0 |
51 |
| 3 |
COLES MYER |
Retail |
12,958.0 |
231.7 |
1.8 |
58 |
| 4 |
WOOLWORTHS |
Retailing |
11,911.8 |
161.8 |
1.4 |
67 |
| 5 |
TELSTRA |
Telecommunications |
11,059.3 |
2,194.1 |
19.8 |
76 |
| 6 |
RIO TINTO |
Mining |
9,239.7 |
702.4 |
7.6 |
102 |
| 7 |
TATTERSALLS SWEEP |
Gaming |
7,466.0 |
NA |
— |
129 |
| 8 |
QANTAS |
Air transport |
5,317.7 |
264.9 |
5.0 |
183 |
| 9 |
MITSUI & CO. (AUSTRALIA) |
Commodity trading |
4,763.5 |
7.8 |
0.2 |
201 |
| 10 |
CSR |
Building materials, sugar |
4,279.5 |
221.0 |
5.2 |
233 |
| 11 |
FLETCHER CHALLENGE |
Paper, building materials |
4,155.8 |
54.2 |
1.3 |
247 |
| 12 |
PACIFIC DUNLOP |
Trading, batteries |
4,080.9 |
66.6 |
1.6 |
254 |
| 13 |
NEW ZEALAND DAIRY BOARD |
Dairy products |
3,982.7 |
2.9 |
0.1 |
262 |
| 14 |
AMCOR |
Packaging |
3,807.2 |
178.7 |
4.7 |
271 |
| 15 |
MOBIL OIL AUSTRALIA |
Oil products |
3,691.5 |
-19.9 |
— |
279 |
| 16 |
BORAL |
Building materials |
3,228.3 |
143.8 |
4.5 |
320 |
| 17 |
SHELL AUSTRALIA |
Oil, chemicals, metals |
3,154.3 |
NA |
— |
330 |
| 18 |
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP. AUST. |
Car dealership |
2,987.2 |
47.0 |
1.6 |
350 |
| 19 |
ORICA |
Chemicals |
2,895.0 |
273.7 |
9.5 |
361 |
| 20 |
COCA-COLA AMATIL |
Soft drinks |
2,728.6 |
127.3 |
4.7 |
383 |
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