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

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Onions are a significant vegetable crop grown in NSW. Most onions are grown in the Murrumbidgee Statistical Division.

Production in 2000-01 was 39,500 tonnes.

ONIONS, NSW


	Production '000 t	Area ha	Yield t/ha

1997(a)	13.8	719	19.2
2001(b)	39.5	969	40.8

(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, 81% of all onions produced in NSW came from the Murrumbidgee Statistical Division (32,000 tonnes).

ONIONS, 2000-01


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

Sydney	-	*-	17.6
Hunter	*-	*-	3.0
Illawarra	-	-	-
Richmond-Tweed	-	-	-
Mid-North Coast	*4.0	*86.3	46.6
Northern	-	4.3	-
North Western	0.3	12.9	19.8
Central West	-	-	-
South Eastern	-	-	-
Murrumbidgee	32.2	741.7	43.3
Murray	*3.0	*120.1	25.4
Far West	-	-	-

New South Wales	39.5	968.7	40.8

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Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2001 Agricultural Census.