date:Apr 10, 2013
s food exporter meant Australia continued to be a net food exporter.
Australian farmers grow over 90 per cent of the fresh food we eat, but they also produce enough food to feed 40 million people living beyond our borders, he said.
Last financial year we had a substantial food trade surplus that is exports compared to imports of A$19.2 billion. Thats an increase of 14.6 per cent from 201011.
The value of Australian food exports also increased by over 12 per cent to A$30.5 billion in 201112,