Australia’s wheat export volumes are expected to increase 2% to 16.9 million tonnes in 2015-16, according to the December quarterly report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Science (ABARES). This forecast reflects slightly higher opening stocks, the forecast increase in production and demand growth in some key export markets. The value… Read more »
Australian fruit exporters will soon enjoy improved access to the Thailand market after revised import protocols were finalized. Assistant Agriculture Minister Senator Anne Ruston, said the new conditions would make Thailand even more attractive for Australian exporters. “Fruit exports often require a range of treatments and conditions to meet importing country requirements—an important pre-requisite to… Read more »
Mango growers in Western Australia’s north are experiencing one of their hardest seasons on record, with fruit production down by 50 per cent. In the Kimberley, growers have seen a lacklustre season due, in part, to a split flowering this year. Further south in Carnarvon, mango trees were hit hard by Cyclone Olwyn’s damaging winds… Read more »
Australian dried fruit growers are hopeful a reduction in global sultana production will stabilise domestic prices. Drought in the United States and frost and hail damage in Turkey has led to an eight per cent drop in the international sultana crop. Chair of Dried Fruits Australia Mark King said prices for Australian growers will remain… Read more »
Australia’s only irradiation facility with approval for exports to the United States is ready for its first big season of mango deliveries. Irradiation is a technique used to sterilise fruit fly and other insects before products are exported. Brisbane company Steritech earned the American approval in January, becoming one of just eight accredited facilities around… Read more »
AUSTRALIAN citrus and grape exports to Vietnam are back on the table, following a seven-month suspension. The Vietnamese government stopped issuing import permits for fresh Australian fruit from January 1 this year and sought advice regarding Australia’s management of Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly). According to the Australian Horticultural Exporters Association (AHEA), the Australian horticulture industry… Read more »
Australian vegetable exporters to Japan are reaping early gains since the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA) entered into force on 15 January 2015. JAEPA eliminates or reduces barriers to trade in goods between Japan and Australia, including tariff eliminations or reductions that have been a key impediment until now. Recognised as the most liberalising trade… Read more »
The national commodity forecaster is tipping Indonesia’s agrifood imports to increase 20-fold by 2050, to be worth US$150 billion. That represents a significant opportunity for Australian exporters, who already send large amounts of wheat, live cattle, sugar and other products to Indonesia each year. But booming demand for high-protein, high-quality food for an increasingly urbanised… Read more »
It is a time of uncertainty for Australian fruit and vegetable growers as the wait to find out how much they will be charged for export certification and biosecurity service has been moved by the federal government from November 1 to December 1 this year. However, the final cost-recovery implementation statements for biosecurity and export… Read more »
New fee system for biosecurity and certification will now be implemented in December Small-scale Australian horticultural producers and exporters could feel the pinch from a proposed restructure of the country’s export certification and biosecurity costs, according to David Minnis, chairman of the Australian Horticulture Exporters Association. The Australian Government has moved the start date for the… Read more »
NEW DELHI: India is looking at the Chinese market to push its new variety of custard apple (Sharifa or Sitaphal) which despite being quite high on nutritional value and having a higher shelf life compared to the traditional variety could not become a popular export earlier. India had requested China to give export clearance to… Read more »
Sri Lanka could touch US$ one billion export mark in fruits and vegetables and all processed items with the high demand from China and the EU markets. But supply is not available cope with the demand, Lanka Fruits and Vegetable Producers and Exporters Association President Annas Junaid said. “Last year we exported US$ 350 million… Read more »
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 30: Australia has questioned India’s decision to make it mandatory for sugar millers to export 5 million tonnes during the 2015-16 sugar season (October-September). “Australia has (at a WTO meet) indicated that if India intends to carry out the mandated exports at a subsidized price, it has the potential to distort world… Read more »
South Korea shipped 5 tons of “geobong” — a species of grapes — to China, marking its first-ever export of fresh fruit to the country, said the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on Tuesday. Agriculture Minister Lee Dong-phil and representatives of 13 local vineyards in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, saw the premium quality… Read more »
In the past 18 months, Australia has signed major free trade agreements (FTAs) with Japan, South Korea and China. These FTAs are set to significantly benefit the Australian agriculture sector and the nation’s premium producers will be among the biggest winners. Primary producers, such as beef cattle farmers, dairy cattle farmers and grape growers, will… Read more »
THE gross value of Australia’s farm production is forecast to increase by 8 per cent to about $57.1 billion in the coming year. The boom was thanks to increases in livestock value, as well as strong crop production, following favourable seasonal conditions and the lowering of the Australian dollar, according to Australian Bureau of Agricultural… Read more »
Tasmania’s peak farming body says it wants an explanation from the State Government about reports of Biosecurity Tasmania’s $1.9 million budget deficit. An internal Biosecurity Tasmania document leaked to ABC Rural reveals the budget shortfall and serious concerns about the division’s ability to service agricultural production growth. Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association CEO, Peter Skillern,… Read more »
The long courtship of the U.S. rice industry and China is finally set to bear fruit, according to a report from the U.S. Rice Producers Association (USRPA). The USDA and several agencies under its umbrella have yet to comment on the report. After years of back-and-forth negotiations – largely based on phytosanitary protocols – Chinese… Read more »
