Australia with its large geographic area comprises of a variety of geological and climatic zones which enable the production of a wide selection of fruits, nuts and vegetables. Key industries include citrus and broad acre horticulture, apples and pears, tropical fruits, stonefruits, melons, nuts, berries, beans, nursery, cut flowers and turf among others. As a result Australia has some of the best fruit, nuts and vegetables in the world and supplies these domestically and internationally.

In 2007, Australia exported a wide variety of fruits, nuts and vegetables to over 100 countries. Being a southern hemisphere country Australia can supply to many areas of the world when other supplies are not available or are poor in quality, making Australian grown produce highly valued all over the world.

Information on Australian export volumes for fruits, nuts and vegetables in the 2007 season is displayed in graphs and tables in this section. Total tonnages and percentages of export of the major fruit and vegetable groups is made available to aid importing countries make better Australian produce purchasing decisions. Additionally, a range of the most exported products are listed individually for their major times of export throughout both 2006 and 2007 years.

Fruit and nut export volume percentages are displayed separately to vegetables to make information easier to use and provide greater depth of data. Crops and other agricultural products outside of Horticultural produce are not displayed on this site and may be found in other places across the web.

Australia has a well developed and progressive Horticultural industry which has been instrumental in developing a range of export collaborations into staple, innovative and emerging markets and in developing solid trade arrangements through effective communications and business and government relationship development.

As global markets for fresh fruit and vegetables change and develop, Australia with its focus on the supply of quality product will be well positioned to deliver produce for your market. With solid ongoing investment into improving production techniques, methods of supply, value adding and in building quality long term trade arrangements Australian producers look forward to supplying a greater volume of quality produce into new and established markets.

AUSTRALIA Fresh provides the following information in data and table representation on the range and depth of Australian horticulture industries and the diversity of Australian Trade partners for the 2006-2007 production season.