The Australian Table Grapes industry is one of Australian horticulture’s most rapidly growing export focused industries bringing many innovative new varieties to the world’s markets between February and May.
Already world renowned for wine grapes, Australia’s warm, dry summers and deep, rich soils provide an excellent environment to produce world class fresh table grapes. With modern growing practices and state of art packing facilities the industry has developed a strong reputation as a high quality counter seasonal supplier to the northern markets.
Green, red and blue/black varieties of table grapes are produced by 1200 growers in the major growing regions of Sunraysia and the Murray Valley in Victoria, the Riverina in New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland. Other growing regions include Carnarvon, the Swan Valley and South West of Western Australia, central New South Wales, the Riverland in South Australia and central Northern Territory.
Australia's geographical spread of production enables fresh table grapes to be available from November through to May.
The Australian table grapes industry has grown to more than 10,500 hectares producing almost 120,000 tonnes of fresh table grapes worth an estimated to be worth $A135 million annually. Some 45% of Australian grapes are exported to an increasing number of markets around the world.
For more information visit the industry website www.australiangrapes.com.au
Table 1 Table Grapes Availability by Variety - fresh supply only
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