The budget papers reveal that iron-ore prices have almost halved since last year, cutting about A$90 billion from forecast export-revenue.
It forecast exports will slow to 1.3% next year, compared with 3.6% in 2008.
But that year, when both countries are each forecast to export roughly 100bn cubic metres of LNG, Australia's government is expected to receive just $800m in PRRT revenues, while Qatar's government is expected to receive $26.6bn in royalties.
Its forecast for exports continues to imply a loss of market share.
But Mr. Montoro forecast that exports would pick up and unemployment would peak, so that 2013 should be "the last year of recession for our country".
Today the Japanese government downgraded its forecast for exports in February to "increasing moderately" from "increasing" a month ago, partly due to "Japanese cars' recall issues".
Nasscom, for the National Association of Software and Service Companies, also forecast that exports were likely to rise by over 30percentt in the year ending in March 2006.
Correction: June 26 , 2003 Thursday An article in World Business on Friday about rising demand for auto parts made in India misattributed a forecast for exports.
The German Chambers of Industry and Commerce forecast that exports would grow by at least 11 percent this year and an additional 8 percent in 2011, while imports should increase by about 10 percent in both years.
Elsewhere, Germany's BGA trade association raised its forecast for exports, expecting the weaker euro to offset uncertainty surrounding crises in Greece and Ukraine.
Treasury forecasts show exports rising as the world economy recovers, closing the trade deficit.
