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

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Oranges are by far the largest citrus fruit crop in NSW, in terms of both numbers of trees and production. Most production comes from the Murrumbidgee and Murray Statistical Divisions.

In 2001-02, NSW farmers continued to produce more oranges than any other state (196,000 tonnes), ahead of South Australia (156,000 tonnes) and Victoria (80,000 tonnes).

ORANGES(a), NSW, year ended 30 June


	Production '000 t	Trees '000	Yield kg/tree

1997(b)	231.5	3,305	70.1
2001	258.1	3,391	76.1
2002	195.6	3,633	53.8

(a) Number of trees and yield based on trees six years and over. However, the production figure used to calculate yield includes any contribution by trees six years and under. In most cases this contribution is relatively insignificant, but in some instances it can distort yield figures.
(b) Year ended 31 March.
Sources: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0); Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

In 2001-02, 74% of all oranges produced in NSW came from the Murrumbidgee Statistical Division (145,000 tonnes).

ORANGES, PRODUCTION, 2001-02


Statistical Division	'000 t

Sydney	^6.6
Hunter	**
Illawarra	-
Richmond-Tweed	**
Mid-North Coast	**
Northern	-
North Western	2.6
Central West	**
South Eastern	-
Murrumbidgee	144.8
Murray	^40.9
Far West	-

New South Wales	195.6

^ data subject to sampling variability between 10% and 25%
** data subject to sampling variability greater than 50%, estimate is not published

Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2002 Agricultural Survey.