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Vegetable imports from China have tripled over the past 10 years
Australia
Friday 01 July 2011
MD
Australian producers of vegetables are worried by the rapid increase in imports from China.
Australian imports of vegetables from China have tripled over the past 10 years.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Chinese imports increased in value of AUS $ 30 million (€ 22.2 million) in 2000 to 96,000,000 AUS $ (€ 71.09 million) in 2010.
The most imported products are dried vegetables, garlic, processed tomatoes, asparagus, beans, frozen sweetcorn, processed potatoes, fresh & frozen peas and fresh spinach.
This growth worries the Australian producers. The cheap Chinese products, if they continue growing, could eventually threaten the entire vegetable sector.
source: ausveg
