7121.0 - Agricultural Commodities, Australia, 2012-2013

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HORTICULTURE

There were mixed fortunes across horticultural commodities nationally in 2012-13, with favourable conditions occurring in some states and territories, and adverse conditions in others.

Apple production remained steady nationally at 289,000 tonnes, with Victoria and New South Wales the highest producing states. Production of pears fell by 8% to 109,000 tonnes with imported product impacting the industry. Despite adverse weather conditions in Victoria and Queensland, favourable conditions in New South Wales drove an increase in orange production nationally, up 3% to 401,000 tonnes. Mandarin production rose by 7% to 91,100 tonnes, with a slight reduction in Queensland, due to flooding, offset by a strong season in Victoria.

STONE FRUIT AND ORCHARD FRUIT, Australia, year ended 30 June 2013


	Production	Change in production since	Fruit bearing trees	Change in fruit bearing trees since	Yield	Change in yield since
		2011-12		2011-12		2011-12
	t	%	'000	%	kg/tree	%

STONE FRUIT

Mangoes	40 797	-9	1 348	11	30.3	-18
Nectarines	37 991	2	1 589	7	23.9	-4
Peaches	54 293	-14	1 908	26	28.5	-32

ORCHARD FRUIT

Apples	288 878	0	9 871	20	29.3	-17
Mandarins	91 101	7	1 975	34	46.1	-20
Oranges	400 554	3	6 870	1	58.3	2
Pears	109 206	-8	1 638	-2	66.7	-7

Source(s): Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0)

Grape production increased by 6% to 1.8 million tonnes. Banana production increased by 16% to 330,000 tonnes. Strawberries have continued their upward trend with a 5% increase in production to 32,400 tonnes.

OTHER FRUIT, Australia, year ended 30 June 2013


	Production	Change in production since	Area (a)	Change in area since	Yield	Change in yield since
		2011-12		2011-12		2011-12
	'000 t	%	'000 ha	%	t/ha	%

Grapes	1 763	6	146	-1	12.0	8
Bananas	330	16	14	5	23.2	10
Pineapples	71	na	1	na	50.9	na
Strawberries	32	5	2	23	16.9	-14

(a) Area refers to total area of bearing age

NUTS, Australia, year ended 30 June 2013


	Production	Change in production since	Bearing trees	Change in bearing trees since	Yield	Change in yield since
		2011-12		2011-12		2011-12
	t	%	'000	%	kg/tree	%

Almonds	56 800	83	6 362	62	8.9	13
Macadamias	31 200	3	5 257	16	5.9	-11

Production across vegetables crops also varied. Tomato production increased by 23% to 456,000 tonnes, whilst potato production declined by 1% to 1.3 million tonnes. A reduction in carrot production of 15% to 272,000 tonnes was driven by a fall in production in Western Australian and Victoria. Onion production also decreased nationally by 13% to 302,000 tonnes.

VEGETABLES, Australia, year ended 30 June 2013


	Production	Change in production since	Area	Change in area since	Yield	Change in yield since
		2011-12		2011-12		2011-12
	t	%	ha	%	t/ha	%

Beans (a)	36 766	na	5 940	na	6.2	na
Capsicums (b)	33 494	-8	1 588	-18	21.1	11
Carrots	272 122	-15	4 664	-16	58.3	1
Lettuces	164 023	43	7 256	10	22.6	30
Melons (c)	249 597	36	7 720	14	32.3	20
Mushrooms	49 954	7	158	7	317.2	1
Onions (d)	301 672	-13	5 506	-18	54.8	6
Potatoes (e)	1 273 243	-1	33 034	-2	38.5	1
Tomatoes (e)	455 654	23	6290	-15	72.5	45

(a) Including french and runner (b) Excluding chillies (c) Including rock, bitter and water (d) Incudes brown, red and white onions (e) Includes processing and fresh market na - not available

Source(s): Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0)