VEGGIE STATS:
BROCCOLI
Broccoli Production
– Key facts and figures
•Broccoli growers’ returns, on average, fell
considerably in 2008-09 and 2009-10 but increased
the following two years.
•Broccoli production has been growing on average,
with production levels in 2011-12 almost double the
amount of broccoli produced in 2006-07.
•Since 2007-08, average domestic broccoli prices
have increased by 12%, whilst average costs have
increased by 21%.
• Fresh headed broccoli and cauliflower exports
totalled around $6.5 million in value terms in 2013.
Australia exported $4 million worth to Singapore
and more than $2 million to Brunei Darussalam.
Australian Broccoli Growers’
Financial Performance (average per farm)
$/Tonne
$1,600
$1,400
$1,200
$1,000
$800
$600
$400
$200
0
Price
Costs
(including
imputed
labour)
Return
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
Source: ABARES vegetable farm survey 2011-12 and 2012-13, page 72
Returns: The difference between price and costs (including imputed labour).
Current Financial Performance
Long Term Trends
Australian broccoli growers’ returns on average totalled $166 per
tonne in 2011-12, up 6% on the previous year.
Broccoli growers’ returns,
on average, have varied
considerably from year to
year, with returns remaining
relatively stable in 2010-11
and 2011-12.
In 2011-12, the average price received per tonne of broccoli
was $1,453, whereas the average cost to produce a tonne of
broccoli was $1,287.
This project has been funded by Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited using the
National Vegetable Levy and funds from the Australian Government.
Australian Broccoli Growers’
Production (average per farm)
Australian Broccoli
Production
Tonnes
Australian broccoli production
per farm averaged 396 tonnes
in 2011-12, up 6% on the
previous year.
400
450
350
300
250
Average farm broccoli
production has been
increasing over time and has
almost doubled since 2005-06.
200
150
100
50
Source: ABARES vegetable farm survey 2011-12 and
2012-13, page 72
0
Area Planted v Yield
(average per farm)
Hectares
2006-07
2007-08
14
35
12
30
6
15
2011-12
Broccoli growers’
experienced their highest
yields in 2011-12 at 13 tonnes
per hectare.
8
20
2010-11
The average area planted in
2011-12 fell by 12% from the
previous year.
10
25
2009-10
Australian Broccoli
Production
Tonne/Hectare
40
4
10
Area Sown
2
5
0
2008-09
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
Yield
0
Source: ABARES vegetable farm survey 2011-12 and 2012-13, page 72
Australian Headed Broccoli and
Cauliflower Exports and Export Prices Received
Exports
% of Exports
The majority of Australia’s
headed broccoli and
cauliflower exports were
sent to Singapore and Brunei
Darussalam.
70%
Australia’s broccoli exports
received the highest price
per kg from the UAE and
Malaysia, whilst the lowest
export price was Papua
New Guinea at $1.80 per kg.
$3.50
$4.0M
60%
$3.00
50%
$2.50
40%
$2.00
$2.4M
$1.50
30%
$1.00
20%
10%
0%
Source: UN Commtrade, 070410 Cauliflowers and
Headed Broccoli
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