Australian table grape exports: Record-breaking year for value and volume

The Australian table grape industry are reporting a record-breaking year for exports in both volume and value, with one country recording a huge increase in appetite for the product.

Australian made: Table grapes have had a record year for volume and value exports.

AUSTRALIAN table grape exports have hit record highs for both value and volume this financial year.

The total value of product sent overseas was $622,947,485 – an increase of 67 per cent over the past three years.

Meanwhile, 152,200 tonnes of table grapes were exported, up 47 per cent with 110,280 tonnes exported in the 2018 financial year.

Hort Innovation general manager marketing and trade Justine Coates said the record exports were a result of a strong season prior to the coronavirus pandemic.

“The table grape success was underpinned by the production of high-quality fruit, being able to export some product prior to significant global disruption and the ability to sea freight product. Many horticulture products are now facing into a peak period of export with reduced airfreight capacity due to COVID,” she said.

Asian markets were the biggest buyers of Australian table grapes over the financial year, with China taking up 42 per cent of the total volume exported.
South Korea saw a 152 per cent year-on-year increase in volume, with a 951 per cent growth over the past two years. The Philippines also recorded a 29 per cent rise in their share of exports this year.

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