7123.1.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, New South Wales, 2001-02

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Bananas dominate the plantation fruit industry in NSW. Nearly all are grown in the Mid-North Coast and Richmond-Tweed Statistical Divsions.

In 2000-01, farmers produced 44,000 tonnes of bananas, behind the largest producing state, Queensland with 302,000 tonnes.

BANANAS, NSW


	Production '000 t	Area '000 ha	Yield t/ha

1997(a)	38.9	3.1	12.4
2001(b)	43.5	2.4	18.0

(a) Year ended 31 March.
(b) Year ended 30 June.
Sources: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0); Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

In 2000-01, 56% of all bananas produced in NSW came from the Mid-North Coast Statistical Division (24,000 tonnes).

BANANAS, 2000-01


Statistical Division	Production '000 t	Area '000 ha	Yield t/ha

Sydney	-	-	-
Hunter	-	-	-
Illawarra	-	-	-
Richmond-Tweed	18.2	1.1	16.4
Mid-North Coast	24.3	1.3	19.2
Northern	*1.0	-	26.4
North Western	-	-	-
Central West	-	-	-
South Eastern	-	-	-
Murrumbidgee	-	*-	-
Murray	-	-	-
Far West	-	-	-

New South Wales	43.5	2.4	18.0

* data subject to sampling variability between 25% and 50%
Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2001 Agricultural Census.