The dollar is about to hit $0.98 on the US dollar, but it's not going to spell the end for exports.

Australia’s ICT trade deficit may have plunged from $5 billion to $28 billion last year, but technology exporters have expressed confidence in overseas market action. According to the Australian Computer Society’s (ACS) Australian Trade Update Report 2009, based on data gathered from 2008, ICT exports hit $6.6 billion.

Australia’s export of computer and information services outgrew imports by 4.8 per cent during 2008, according to a new report released by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.