The Australian vegetable, potato and onion industry
Australia has a vibrant vegetable, potato and onion industry that supplies more than 98 percent of the fresh vegetables sold in Australia, and exports to markets around the world.
Australian vegetable growers produce
$5.8 billion
worth of produce annually, accounting for one third of Australia’s $16.2 billion horticulture industry.
Australia produces
3.5 million
tonnes of vegetables annually, which amounts to 48 billion serves.
Australia exports more than
$250 million
worth of fresh vegetable produce each year.
The Australian industry is comprised of approximately 3,600 vegetable growing businesses, many of them multi-generational, family-owned enterprises.
