The
state of Queensland has
now gone from politcal madness
to a dictator state. Our
farmers will lose there
jobs - familes - land and
businesses with this bill.
I personally know since
this bill has come about
that 7 people have lost
their jobs within a day.
Now in the district of South
Burnett everything has stopped.
Slashers - bobcat and heavy
machinery operators - everything.
This bill is one of the
worst controlled factors
over rural people and properties
in the world. Farmers cannot
touch a single tree on there
own managed property. Crown
land across 1,000,000 hectares
of South East Queensland
gone via government labour
party theft. Our rural farmers
who have cared for the land
for so long are being told
to they cannot manage their
own properties. I.E Imagine
if we told city people that
they cannot mow there own
lawn. This law once in place
cannot be appealed - you
can never go to the courts
over this. It is total dominant.
If this passes all farmers
are and will be wiped out.
The mapping co-ordinates
are so badly done that they
include roundabouts in town
as per McLindon Aidan, Patrick
(Aidan) BA [Mr] (Beaudesert)
refering to a Boonah roundabout
in parliment, he stated
and witnessed. Our land
values will plummet if you
cannot touch any of it.
House prices and property/machinery
debts will cause mass chaos
for the rural sector.
To
some up this bill - Bloody
discombobulating stupidity
!!!!!!!!!!
FARMERS
HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A LETTER
FROM THE GOVERNMENT OR BEEN
TOLD DIRECTLY ABOUT THIS
BILL. IT WAS DONE FROM LABOUR
FOR THE GREENS VOTES. IT
WAS THE FIRST RUSHED MAJOR
BILL INTO PARLIMENT - YES
NOT HOSPITALS OR JOBS OR
TRANSPORT IT WAS THE RURAL
FARMER AND HIS LAND.
THIS
PATHETIC BILL HAS LEFT NOBODY
TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT THIS
EXCEPT LNP + INDEPENDANTS..........
SOME RURAL INDUSTRIES HAD
TIME TO FIGHT - HOWEVER
THEY LEFT IT WAY TOO LATE
AND NEARLY ALL FARMERS I
KNOW HAD NO IDEA AS EVERYTHING
IN THE DISTRICTS WERE MAINLY
WHITE ZONES AND GREEN
ZONES - ONLY TO BE
OVERNIGHT TURNED INTO BLUE
ZONES BY A MAPPING
SYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE TO
PAY OVER $300 DOLLARS TO
AQUIRE. (p.s they have reduce
this overnight after the
second reading to $131.30
+ - goes to show you how
they control people from
not getting the information
asap.)
Last
year, Australians spent
$789.1 million on beef.
Moreover, expenditure on
beef and veal accounted
for 7.74% of all food and
beverage expenditure in
Australia.
- Meat & Livestock Australia,
Domestic Market: Australian
Food Service Trends 2008.
Australian
beef - to the world market
The consumption of beef
accounts for 24.7% of world
meat consumption.
- Barnard, P. Meat - Prospects
for Products and Markets,
Meat & Livestock Australia
2008.
Australia
exports 65% of its total
beef production - some 1,395,000
tonnes-a-year.
- ABARE, Australian Commodity
Statistics 2008.
Australia's
total beef exports are worth
$4.3902 billion-a-year -
predominantly
exported to Japan (49.9%),
the US (31.3%), Korea (9.9%),
and Taiwan (2.7%).
- ABARE, Australian Commodity
Statistics 2008.
Australian
live cattle exports are
worth $327.7 million-a-year
- predominantly exported
to Indonesia (63.2%), Malaysia
(7.6%), and The Philippines
(9.1%).
- ABARE, Australian Commodity
Statistics 2008.
Some
80% of the live cattle exported
from Australia are shipped
out of WA and the Northern
Territory.
- Meat & Livestock Australia,
Fast Facts 2008: Australia's
Beef Industry.
Despite
Australia producing 2.6%
of the world's cattle, and
accounting for just 3.6%
of the world's beef supply,
Australia is the second
largest beef exporter in
the world (behind Brazil).
- Meat & Livestock Australia,
Fast Facts 2008: Australia's
Beef Industry
There
are 620 cotton farms in
Australia. Of these, 260
are in NSW and 360 are in
Queensland.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Agricultural Commodities
2008.
Australian
cotton farms are generally
between 500 and 2,000 hectares
in area, technologically-sophisticated
and highly-mechanised.
- Cotton Research &
Development Corporation
2004.
Nationally,
563,000 tonnes of cotton
was produced over an area
of 304,000 hectares in 2008.
The breakdown by State follows:
NSW: 314,000 tonnes
160,000 ha QLD: 249,000
tonnes
144,000 ha
-Australian
Bureau of Statistics, Agricultural
Commodities 2008.
COTTON
The
total value of Australian
cotton production (both
lint and seed) is $872.6
million-a-year. By State,
NSW cotton is worth $470.9
million and Queensland cotton
$401.6 million.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Value of Principal Agricultural
Commodities Produced 2004-05.
In
2008-06, 84% of the Australian
cotton crop was grown under
irrigation.
- Australian Cotton Industry
Council 2008.
Increase
water use efficiency has
resulted in a 4% increase
in cotton yielded (over
2008-06 compared to 2004-05),
from the same area planted
- around 335,000ha.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
In
2004-05, Australia recorded
world record yields of 2,038kg/ha
(9.2 cotton bales per hectare).
This was three times the
world average of 732 kg/ha.
The next highest yielding
countries were Syria (1,571
kg/ha), Mexico (1,312kg/ha)
and Turkey (1,289 kg/ha).
- International Cotton Advisory
Council 2008.
Australian
cotton - biotechnology &
the environment...
Over last 10 years, the
innovative application of
biotechnology has reduced
overall insecticide use
by a massive 70% through
the rapid adoption of Integrated
Pest Management practices.
- Cotton Research &
Development Corporation
2008.
The
cotton industry uses two
types of transgenic cotton:
Bollgard II® (from the
naturally occurring soil
bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis
(Bt)), and Roundup Ready®
(from the soil bacterium
called Agrobacterium tumefaciens).
- Cotton Australia, Biotechnology
2008.
Over
95% of Australia's cotton
growers planted transgenic
cotton in 2004/05, producing
approximately 80% of the
total national crop. Australian
cotton farmers' investment
in gene technology has been
integral to the economic
and environmental sustainability
of the cotton industry.
- Cotton Australia, Biotechnology
2008.
Australian
cotton - to the world market...
Australian cotton farmers
are world-leaders, renowned
as reliable suppliers of
the highest quality cotton.
- Cotton Australia, Cotton
in Australia 2008.
In
terms of the value and volume
of Australian cotton exports,
in 2004-05 raw cotton brought
in $770 million (420 kilo
tonnes) and cottonseed $55
million (214 kilo tonnes).
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
Australian
cotton accounts for around
3% of world production,
but represents between 5%-10%
of the world's cotton exports*.
World cotton exports run
at about 6 million tonnes,
which is equivalent to about
30% of world production**.
In
fact, despite China, the
USA, India, Pakistan and
Brazil accounting for nearly
75% cent of the world's
cotton production in 2004-05,
Australian cotton ranked
in the top four exporting
nations - with the USA,
Uzbekistan and Brazil*.
*International Cotton Advisory
Council 2008.
**Food and Agriculture Organisation
of the UN, Agricultural
Commodities 2002.
A
massive 97% of cotton grown
in Australia is exported*,
mainly to Asian spinning
mill customers in China,
Indonesia, Thailand, Korea
and Japan**.
*Australian Cotton Shipping
Association 2004.
**International Cotton Advisory
Council 2008.
DAIRY
There
are 10,374 dairy farms in
Australia. The national
herd is 3,056,000 dairy
cows and calves.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Agricultural Commodities
2008.
Australian
dairy farmers produce 10,075
million litres of milk a
year*, with the gross value
of milk production being
$3,194,000. The gross value
per State and Territory
follows ($M)**. NSW: $400.3
SA: $203.9
VIC: $2,079.9 WA: $107.5
QLD: $216.9 TAS: $185.4
*Department
of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Forestry, Australian
Food Statistics 2004.
**Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Value of Principal Agricultural
Commodities Produced 2004-05.
Dairy
is the third largest agricultural
industry in Australia, valued
at $2.8 billion at the farm
gate, and is our third largest
food manufacturing sector.
In terms of the utilisation
of Australian milk, the
share of volume produced
follows: Cheese (37%), Skim
milk, Powder, Butter (21%),
Milk (19%), Whole milk powder
(15%), and Other (8%).
- Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Food Statistics
2004.
Dairy
cattle farming employs 20,125
people throughout Australia.
The level of employment
per State and Territory
follows: NSW: 5,050
VIC: 9,225
QLD: 1,225
SA: 2,375
WA: 1,225
TAS: 1,025
-
Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Food Statistics
2004.
Australian
dairy - to the world market...
Over half of Australia's
annual dairy production
is sold on world markets.
- Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Food Statistics
2004.
The
value of Australian dairy
exports reached $2.286 billion
last year. Dairy products
are often substantially
and elaborately transformed
into other products such
as milk and cream processing,
and ice cream products (see
graph below for the relative
their export values by level
of transformation).
- Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Food Statistics
2004.
The
export value ($M) of dairy
on a State-by-State basis
is: NSW: $94
VIC: $1,899
QLD: $90
SA: $46
WA: $70
TAS: $84
-
Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Food Statistics
2004.
Exports
in specialised dairy ingredients
have been rising. For example,
over the past decade the
volume of casein and whey
product exports has doubled.
- Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Food Statistics
2004.
Australia
accounts for 13% of the
world trade in dairy products,
behind the European Union
(34%) and New Zealand (32%).
- Dairy Australia, Australian
Dairy Industry In Focus
2008.
The
top six key markets for
Australian cheese exports
include Japan, Saudi Arabia,
Netherlands, United States,
Korea and Indonesia*, with
Asia emerging as a key expanding
market for Australian dairy
exports**.
*ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
**Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Food Statistics
2004.
DRIED
FRUIT
Australian
dried fruit growers are
predominantly dotted along
the Murray River in the
Sunraysia Region (around
Mildura) and Swan Valley
Region (around Swan Hill)
in Victoria and NSW, and
the Riverland Region (around
Waikerie and Renmark) in
SA. With a relatively small
group in the Bindoon Region
of WA.
- Australian Dried Fruit
Association, Dried Grape
Production Manual, 2008.
The
total number of dried grape
growers in Australia, by
state is: VIC 575
NSW 99
WA 62
SA 20
Nationally 756
-
Horticulture Australia,
Dried Grape Quality Centre,
2008.
The
total Australian dried grape
varieties and volume (delivered
tonnes) of production in
2008 are: Sultanas 22,687
Natural Sultanas 746
Currants 2,726
Raisins 1,317
Sunmuscats 1,829
Others 110
Total 29,415
-
Horticulture Australia,
2008.
Typical
annual Australian dried
fruit production is 31,000
tonnes per year, with a
farm-gate value of some
$45 million.
- Mildura Region Economic
Profile, June 2008.
95%
of Australia's dried fruit
is produced in the Mildura
Region of Victoria and NSW.
Its success is attributable
to the dry climate, soil
type and irrigation systems
in the region.
- Mildura Region Economic
Profile, June 2008.
On
average, each Australian
eats 2kg-3kg of dried fruit
per year.
- Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Food Statistics
2004.
Since
1996 many dried fruit growers
have left the industry and
invested in the popular
wine industry. In 1992,
growers produced more than
91,000 tonnes of sultanas,
whereas in 1999 production
dropped to around 22,000
tonnes.
- Landline, Dried Fruits
Regain Their Appeal, 2000.
Producing
around 30,000 tonnes per
year with annual production
valued at $88 million, Australia
is the world's seventh largest
producer of dried fruits
- behind Turkey (250,000
tonnes), the United States
(190,000), Iran (120,000),
India (56,000), Afghanistan
(45,000), Chile (45,000)
and South Africa (37,000).
- Australian Dried Fruit
Association, Dried Grape
Production Manual, 2008.
- ABARE, Australian Commodity
Statistics, 2004.
Total
Australian dried fruit exports
in 2003-04 totalled 6,800
tonnes and was valued at
$17 million. This is considerably
lower than the value of
dried fruit exported in
1996-97 totalling $62 million.
- Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Australian Food Statistics
2004.
ABARE, Australian Commodity
Statistics, 2004.
In Australia, 33,969,000
tonnes of grain is produced
each year (i.e. cereal crops
primarily including barley,
grain sorghum, maize, oats,
triticale and wheat), covering
20,157,000 hectares of land.
The
total production and area
planted of each crop, nationally
and on a State-by-State
basis is listed below. Cereal
For Grain NSW VIC QLD SA
WA TAS AUS
Barley
Production ('000 t) 1,761
1,305 178 1,979 2,489 28
7,740
Area ('000ha) 1,023 924
97 1,280 1,313 8 4,648
Grain Sorghum
Production ('000 t) 847
1,164 2,011
Area ('000ha) 211 544 755
Maize
Production ('000 t) 242
2 173 1 420
Area ('000ha) 25 1 46 72
Oats
Production ('000 t) 429
284 10 90 460 9 1,283
Area ('000ha) 400 150 21
76 243 4 894
Triticale
Production ('000 t) 284
200 73 47 6 610
Area ('000ha) 126 125 93
42 2 389
Wheat
Production ('000 t) 7,573
1,927 1,170 2,621 8,619
30 21,905
Area ('000ha) 4,256 1,327
711 1,979 5,118 7 13,399
-
Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Agricultural Commodities
2008.
The
coarse grains (barley, oats,
triticale, sorghum and maize)
available for domestic use
total 6,720,000 tonnes per
annum, and is expected to
rise over 2008-07 due to
the increased demand for
feed grains from intensive
livestock industries. The
medium-term outlook for
grains will be significantly
influenced by the demand
for grain by developing
nations and the heightened
importance of grains for
industrial purposes such
as ethanol and biodiesel
production.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
The
total gross value for all
cereals for grain in Australia
is $6.475 billion-a-year.
The gross values per crop
nationally and across each
State and Territory are
listed below. Cereal For
Grain NSW
$m VIC
$m QLD
$m SA
$m WA
$m TAS
$m NT
$m ACT
$m AUS
$m
Barley 251.1 212.1 30.3
306.0 433.4 6.5 1,239.8
Sorghum 130.8 196.7 0.1
327.6
Oats 67.6 35.9 1.2 10.6
50.5 1.4 0.1 167.3
Rice 94.8 1.1 95.8
Wheat 1,410.2 362.7 255.3
521.5 1,763.4 6.9 0.3 4,320.2
Other 94.4 57.6 68.3 57.1
45.4 1.8 324.6
Total 6,475.3
-Australian
Bureau of Statistics, Value
of Principal Agricultural
Commodities Produced, Preliminary
2004-05.
GRAINS
Australian
grains - to the world market...
The annual export volume
of coarse grains is 7,187,000
tonnes, worth $1.454 billion-a-year.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
Globally,
1,008 million tonnes of
coarse grain is produced
each year, covering over
302 million hectares of
land.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
As
for wheat, Australia is
the world's second largest
wheat exporter. The annual
export volume of wheat totals
15,779,000 tonnes, with
an export value of $3.591
billion. Australia's principal
wheat markets include Indonesia,
China, Iraq, Korea, Japan
and Egypt. Internationally,
around 625,000,000 tonnes
of wheat is produced every
year.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
While
wheat consumption is falling
per capita in many developed
nations, such as the United
States and the European
Union, in developing nations
such as Indonesia and Brazil,
consumption has been increasing.
Therefore, as world demand
for grains continues to
rise, Australian exports
are forecast to rise.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
Australia's
principal markets for barley
include Saudi Arabia, Japan,
China, United Arab Emirates
and Kuwait. In 2004-05 it
is estimated that 81% of
Australian barley production
was exported.
Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry,
Coarse Grains 2008.
RICE
Rice
is grown on irrigated farms
in the Murray and Murrumbidgee
Valleys of south-western
NSW and northern Victoria.
In 2008, NSW produced 335,000
tonnes, and Victoria produced
the remaining 4,000 tonnes.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Agricultural Commodities
2008.
Some
51,000 hectares was devoted
to rice production in 2008,
with Australian production
yielding 6.6 tonnes per
hectare. The average yield
is also considerably lower
than usual due to the impacts
of drought.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Agricultural Commodities
2008.
The
Australian rice industry
generates around $800 million
per annum, with approximately
$400 million from exports.
- Ricegrowers' Association
of Australia, Our Australian
Rice Facts 2008.
However,
the gross value of Australian
rice production totalled
$95.8 million in 2008. The
gross value of rice production
in NSW equalled $94.8 million,
and in Victoria, $1.1 million.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Value of Principal Agricultural
Commodities Produced, Preliminary
2004-05.
Traditionally,
Australian farmers produced
around 1,000,000 million
tonnes of rice each year.
Over the past few years,
production levels have severely
plummeted due to drought
and water restrictions,
with just 339,000 tonnes
of rice being produced in
2008.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Agricultural Commodities
2008.
Rice
is grown, processed and
packaged in regional Australia,
creating approximately 8,000
jobs.
- Ricegrowers' Association
of Australia, Our Australian
Rice Facts 2008.
Australian
rice - development and efficiency...
Over the last 10 years,
Australian rice growers
have improved their water
use efficiency by 60%.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Agricultural Commodities
2008.
Australian
rice growers use up to five
times less water to produce
a kilo of rice than overseas
growers.
- International Rice Research
Institute, Manila, Philippines,
2004.
Australian
rice growers surpassed the
international average production
of 5.4 tonnes per hectare
45 years ago. The Australian
rice industry averages 9.7
tonnes per hectare - although
drought has severely impact
on recent yields.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Agricultural Commodities
2008.
In
Australia, chemical usage
on rice is the lowest in
the developed world due
to a unique rotation system
that uses natural biological
controls.
- Ricegrowers' Association
of Australia, Our Australian
Rice Facts 2008.
Direct
investment of $18 million
into research and development
helps maintain Australia's
competitive advantage in
areas such as irrigation,
crop breeding, crop protection
and product development.
- Ricegrowers' Association
of Australia, Our Australian
Rice Facts 2008.
The
rice industry is the first
Australian agricultural
industry to initiate a regional
biodiversity plan and a
greenhouse reduction strategy.
- Ricegrowers' Association
of Australia, Our Australian
Rice Facts 2008.
Australian
rice - to the world market...
Rice is the main source
of nutrition for more that
half the world's population,
with Australian rice providing
the staple diet of around
40 million people every
day.
- Ricegrowers' Association
of Australia, Our Australian
Rice Facts 2008.
Sunrice
exports 85% of Australia's
rice, as value-added branded
products to over 70 countries
including the Middle East,
Japan and Hong Kong.
- Ricegrowers' Association
of Australia, Our Australian
Rice Facts 2008.
Annual
world production totals
600 million tonnes with
only 25 million tonnes traded
outside the country of origin.
While Australian rice represents
only around 0.2% of world
rice production, remarkably
Australia exports represent
over 4 % of world trade.
In
addition, Australian rice
growers are the most efficient
in the world, operating
with zero production or
export subsidies.
- Ricegrowers' Association
of Australia, Our Australian
Rice Facts 2008.
Total
Australian rice exports
totalled 268,000 tonnes,
valued at $171 million over
the past 12 months. This
figure is considerably lower
than the usual $400 million
generated from exports,
due to drought.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008
In Australia there are 46,029
sheep properties, producing
a national herd of 101,125,000
sheep and lambs. The breakdown
by State and Territory follows:
NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS ACT
AUS
Properties 17,037 11,737
1,801 7,066 6,818 1,518
50 46,029
NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS ACT
AUS
Sheep ('000) 24,837 14,618
3,815 8,536 17,819 2,252
70 71,947
Lambs ('000) 9,504 5,957
1,134 3,940 7,774 853 17
29,178
TOTAL 34,341 20,575 4,949
12,476 25,593 3,105 87 101,125
Australian
Bureau of Statistics, Agricultural
Commodities 2008.
MUTTON
MEAT STOCK
The
total annual amount of sheepmeat
produced in Australia is
591,000 tonnes, made up
from 354,000 tonnes of lamb
and 237,000 tonnes of mutton.
The breakdown by State and
Territory follows: Sheep
Products NSW VIC QLD SA
WA TAS AUS
Mutton ('000t) 78 68 19
23 44 6 237
Lamb ('000t) 83 136 6 72
49 9 354
Total 591
-
Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Agricultural Commodities
2008.
The
annual gross value of Australian
sheep and lambs (excluding
the value of wool on skins)
is $1.949 billion. The gross
value ($M) on a State and
Territory basis is: NSW:
$492.7 VIC: $675.0
QLD: $49.9 SA: $303.9
WA: $380.2 TAS: $45.8
ACT: $1.5
-
Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Value of Principal Agricultural
Commodities Produced, Preliminary2004-05.
Australians
eat an average of 2.6 kg
of mutton and 10.1 kg of
lamb per person, per year.
Consumption of lamb is expected
to rise slightly, and the
consumption of mutton is
expected to remain stable.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
Australian
sheep meat - to the world
market...
The consumption of sheep
meat accounts for 4.6% of
world meat consumption.
- Barnard, P. Meat: Prospects
for Products and Markets,
Meat & Livestock Australia
2008.
In
2004-05, Australian lamb
exports totalled a record
123,000 tonnes (shipped
weight), valued at $701
million. The reasons for
this rise in demand include
limited growth in New Zealand
exports (world's largest
lamb exporter), falling
production in the United
States and European Union,
and increased demand in
Asia caused by disease concerns
disrupting trade in the
beef and chicken industries.
Over
the same period, 136,000
tonnes of Australian mutton
was exported, valued at
$418 million.
The
principal markets for Australian
sheepmeat exports include
the United States, Saudi
Arabia, European Union,
Japan, Papua New Guinea
and Mexico.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
- Meat & Livestock Australia
- Australia's Sheepmeat
Industry - Fastfacts 2008.
50%
of the sheepmeat Australia
produces is exported, with
the remaining used for domestic
consumption.
- Curtis & Dolling:
The Sheep Industry - Australia
in the Global Scene, Sheep
CRC 2008.
Australian
sheepmeat production accounts
for around 6% of world production
and 25% of world trade.
- Curtis & Dolling:
The Sheep Industry - Australia
in the Global Scene, Sheep
CRC 2008.
The
value of Australian live
sheep exports in 2004-05
totalled $207 million. In
2008-06, the value is expected
to rise to $307 million.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
Australian
sugar is grown in NSW, Queensland
and WA. However, over 90%
of Australia's sugar cane
is produced in Queensland.
The number of farms across
each State follows: Queensland
(4,054), NSW (504), and
WA (5).
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
The
production levels for sugar
cane cut for crushing in
2008 totalled 37,822,000
tonnes across Australia.
The production levels, area
planted and crop yield for
each State follows: Sugar
cane NSW QLD WA AUS
Production ('000t) 2,133
35,290 399 37,822
Area ('000) 20 411 3 434
Yield (t/ha) 107.5 85.9
118.7 87.2
-
Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Agricultural Commodities
2008.
SUGAR
Constraints
that impact upon Australian
supply levels include: high
cost of inputs such as fertiliser
and fuel, limited short-term
availability of land to
expand production, and the
increasing cost of water.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
In
late 2008, the Queensland
Government legislated to
stop the single desk marketing
system carried out by Queensland
Sugar Ltd (QSL). QSL no
longer owns all the exporting
rights of raw sugar and
the marketing of sugar in
Queensland is now contractually
based.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
The
sugar industry directly
employs some 22,000 people
and about 110,000 in 'upstream'
and 'downstream' economic
sectors dependent on the
industry.
- Australian Government,
Sugar Research and Development
Corporation, Australian
Sugar Industry 2008.
Australia's
sugar production is expected
to rise to around 5.4 million
tonnes in 2010-11, due to
higher yields and a higher
CCS content (sugar content
of cane), rather than an
increase in the area planted.
- ABARE Australian Commodities
2008.
Australian
sugar - to the world market...
The world's principal sugar
exporters include Brazil,
the European Union and Australia*,
with sugar Australia's second
largest export crop (after
wheat)**.
*USDA, World Sugar Situation,
December 2008.
**Sugar Australia, Key Statistics
2004.
In
2004-05, world production
of sugar reached 144.4 million
tonnes. World consumption,
totalling 147.6 million
tonnes, exceeded world production.
As a result, stocks declined
from 64.6 million tonnes
to 61.4 million tonnes over
the space of a year.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
In
2004-05, Australian sugar
exports were worth $1.140
billion and are expected
to almost double to $2.156
billion in 2008-07.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
Principal
markets for Australian sugar
exports include Korea, Malaysia,
Japan, Canada, Indonesia
and New Zealand.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008
WOOL
In
2008, the total wool produced
in Australia equalled 519,660
tonnes. The breakdown by
State and Territory follows:
NSW: 177,265 tonnes VIC:
115,005 tonnes
QLD: 27,481 tonnes SA: 70,318
tonnes
WA: 115,921 tonnes TAS:
13,216 tonnes
ACT: 453 tonnes
-
Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Agricultural Commodities
2008.
The
gross value of Australian
wool (includes value of
dead wool and wool on skins)
is $2.195 billion. The gross
value per State and Territory
($M) is: NSW: $775.3 VIC:
$472.9
QLD: $124.4 SA: $266.8
WA: $489.7 TAS: $64.5
ACT: $2.0
-
Australian Bureau of Statistics,
Agricultural Commodities
2008.
In
coming years, the price
of wool relative to cotton
and synthetics is expected
to decline and, thus, improving
the cost competitiveness
of wool in the textile and
clothing industries.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
Australian
wool - to the world market...
In 2004-05, the value of
Australian wool exports
was $2.922 billion.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
Australia
is the world's dominant
producer and exporter of
wool, accounting for 25%
of the world's wool production.
The top five export markets
for Australian wool are
China, India, Chinese Taipei,
France and Germany.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
Changes
in the world's woollen manufacturing
base reflect the changing
destination for our exports.
In 1997-98, 38% of Australia's
wool was exported to Europe
and 22% to China. By 2004-05,
20% was exported to Europe
and 50% to China.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
China
is our largest market and,
despite China being the
world's second largest wool
producer, demand continues
to grow. On the other hand,
the United States, Western
Europe and Japan are well-established
markets for Australian wool.
- ABARE, Australian Commodities
2008.
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