7123.1.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, New South Wales, 2006-07  
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Oranges are by far the largest citrus fruit crop in NSW, in terms of both numbers of trees and production. Nearly all production comes from the Murrumbidgee and Murray Statistical Divisions.

In 2006-07, NSW farmers continued to produce more oranges than any other state (225,000 tonnes), ahead of South Australia (167,000 tonnes) and Victoria (64,900 tonnes).

ORANGES(a), NSW
Production
'000t
Trees
'000
Yield
kg/tree
2002-03
277.2
3 838
72.2
2003-04
181.4
3 530
51.4
2004-05
221.5
3 720
59.5
2005-06(b)
244.4
3 570
68.5
2006-07(b)
224.8
3 631
61.9
(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 under six years. In most cases this contribution is relatively insignificant, but in some instances it can distort yield figures.
(b) The ABS has moved to a new frame from the 2005-06 Agricultural Census onwards. This means that data are not directly comparable with historical time series. For more information, please see the technical notes at the back of the 2005-06 edition of the source publication.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).


In 2006-07, 73% of all oranges produced in NSW came from the Murrumbidgee Statistical Division (164,000 tonnes).

ORANGES, PRODUCTION, 2006-07
Statistical Division
'000t
Sydney
*12.0
Hunter
-
Illawarra
-
Richmond-Tweed
-
Mid-North Coast
**0.1
Northern
0.1
North Western
*3.6
Central West
-
South Eastern
**0.2
Murrumbidgee
^163.9
Murray
^45.0
Far West
-
New South Wales
224.8
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution
* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution
** estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Small Area Data, Australia (cat. no. 7125.0).



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