Export Finance Australia supports Toll's Southeast Asia growth
Export Finance Australia (EFA) has provided a A$100 million loan to Australian company Toll Holdings Pty Ltd (Toll) to help finance its expansion across Southeast Asia and South Asia.
Media release
29 July 2025
Export Finance Australia (EFA) has provided a A$100 million loan to Australian company Toll Holdings Pty Ltd (Toll) to help finance its expansion across Southeast Asia and South Asia.
The financing will support infrastructure and logistics investments in the region. It also aligns with the Australian Government’s Invested: Australia’s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040, which aims to boost two-way trade and investment between Australia and Southeast Asia.
Toll is one of Australia’s largest logistics companies, with dual headquarters in Melbourne and Singapore. It provides supply chain services to over 20,000 customers globally, including many leading Australian brands.
Toll is working closely with the Australian Government’s Southeast Asia Investment Deal Teams to deepen its presence in the region. With this investment, Toll’s transportation and logistics services will help improve trade connectivity for other Australian companies expanding into the region.
Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator the Hon Don Farrell welcomed this investment, saying “The Albanese Government is backing Australian companies to expand into Southeast Asia, tapping into the huge potential of some of our nearest neighbours.”
The Minister added: “One in four Australian jobs are trade-related, with nearly half a million Australian jobs linked to trade with Southeast Asia. Toll has been operating in Asia for 25 years. EFA’s finance will enable the company to continue this important expansion.”
Mr John Hopkins, Managing Director & CEO of EFA said: “This investment supports the growth of a major Australian company in one of the world’s fastest-growing regions,”
“By backing Toll’s expansion into key Southeast Asian markets, we’re helping strengthen trade connectivity and open up new opportunities in the region for other Australian exporters.”
Media Contact: Eleanor Brophy, +61 400 806 103, media@exportfinance.gov.au
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About Export Finance Australia (EFA)
EFA is Australia’s export credit agency. EFA provides commercial finance for export trade and overseas investment and infrastructure development. From small and medium-sized enterprises to large corporates, foreign governments and infrastructure projects, it helps Australian businesses take on the world. In doing so, EFA’s finance supports Australia’s economic security and regional resilience.
EFA administers the Australian Government’s National Interest Account, which currently includes the Southeast Asia Investment Financing Facility, the Critical Minerals Facility, the Defence Export Facility and lending for the Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific. EFA also provides support to other Commonwealth entities, including Housing Australia and the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility.
