date:Jul 18, 2012
Over the past 20 years, Australian food imports have increased from AU$3.9 billion to AU$10.6 in real dollars (discounting inflation) with an average annual growth rate of 5.2%.
Imports of processed fruit and vegetables between 2009-10 to 2010-11 increased by AU$119 million, dairy imports (mainly from New Zealand and some European countries such as Italy and France) rose by AU$79 million and import of bakery products rose by AU $64 million. However, imports of flour mill and cereal declined by A