Australia Finds Avocado Buyers In Japan, Finally!
Overproduction of avocados is hurting the Australian farmer. But help has come from an Asian partner and everyone is happy at the moment. Prices have dipped due to overproduction and low consumption.
Growers are now keen to find new
markets knowing more trees are about to mature this year and avocado
prices dived under a $1 in stores last year.
Farmers are looking for a prospective
market so that they can sell their excess yield; possibly get a better price
out of the production too. Sources claim that avocados sold for $3,000 for a
400-kilogram bin last year.
Opportunities are coming from across the
ocean. Avocados Australia chief executive John Tyas said with lots of new
plantings in the past five years securing new markets was time critical.
In 2021, national avocado production
was 90,000 tonnes. "That's expected to almost double and grow to
170,000 tonnes by 2026," Mr. Tyas said. "There's no way the domestic
market will be able to absorb the volumes that are coming."
Japan has an appetite for these fruits
and accepts imports in from South America only. For Australia, Japan is a prospective
market, and especially regions like Western Australia, Riverland and Tasmania. They
remain apparently free of the Avocado destroying fruit fly. Mexico production
has been curbed and it is not exporting as much as it was. This could mean
Japan would look towards Australia to meets its avocado needs.
So, sending them off while
they are still raw is the best option. Federal Agriculture Minister David
Littleproud said discussions had begun with the Japanese government on reviewing
restrictions for several horticultural crops. Avocados Australia has
contributed data to the federal government's presentation.
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