VEGGIE STATS:
CAULIFLOWER
Cauliflower Production
– Key facts and figures
• Cauliflower growers’ returns, on average,
have increased since 2007-08, despite falling
considerably in 2009-10 and 2010-11.
• Cauliflower production has been steadily
increasing on average, although production fell in
2011-12.
• Since 2007-08, average domestic cauliflower
prices have increased by 24%, whilst average
costs have increased by 9%.
• Fresh cauliflower and headed broccoli exports
totalled around $6.6 million in value terms in 2013. Australia exported $4.2 million worth to Singapore.
Australian Cauliflower Growers’
Financial Performance (average per farm)
$/Tonne
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
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 71
Returns: The difference between price and costs (including imputed labour).
Current Financial Performance
Long Term Trends
Australian cauliflower growers’ returns on average totalled $119
per tonne in 2011-12.
Cauliflower growers’ returns,
on average, have varied
from year to year, with
growers’ experiencing the
best returns in 2008-09 and
2011-12.
In 2011-12, the average price received per tonne of cauliflower
was $889, whereas the average cost to produce a tonne of
cauliflower was $706.
This project has been funded by Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited using the
National Vegetable Levy and funds from the Australian Government.
Australian Cauliflower Growers’
Production (average per farm)
Australian Cauliflower
Production
Tonnes
Australian cauliflower
production per farm averaged
271 tonnes in 2011-12, down
30% on the previous year.
400
Average farm cauliflower
production has trended
upwards for most years with
2011-12 the exception.
250
450
350
300
200
150
100
50
Source: ABARES vegetable farm survey 2011-12
and 2012-13, page 71
0
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
Area Planted v Yield
(average per farm)
Hectares
Tonne/Hectare
16
35
14
30
12
25
10
20
8
15
6
10
4
5
2
0
Australian Cauliflower
Production
The average area planted in
2011-12 fell by 36% from the
previous year.
Overall, Cauliflower growers’
yields have been generally
improving with the best yields
experienced in 2011-12.
Area Planted
Yield
0
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
Source: ABARES vegetable farm survey 2011-12 and 2012-13, page 71
Australian Cauliflower and Headed
Broccoli Exports and Export Prices Received
Exports
% of Exports
• Over 60 per cent of Australia’s
cauliflower and headed broccoli
exports were sent to Singapore, with
Malaysia receiving just over 5 per
cent.
70%
• Australia’s cauliflower and headed
broccoli exports received the highest
export price from UAE at $3.52kg,
whilst the lowest export price was
Papua New Guinea at $1.86kg.
$4.00
60%
$4.2M
$3.50
$3.00
50%
$2.50
40%
$2.00
30%
$1.50
20%
$1.00
10%
$0.35M
0%
Source: Global Trade Information Service, sourced from
Australian Bureau of Statistics International Trade data,
various years
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$0.50
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