Industry stats
Worth over $580 million annually to the national economy, Australia’s apple and pear industry produces more fruit for fresh produce consumption than any other fruit industry in Australia*.
APAL has compiled a range of statistics about the Australian apple and pear industry. Original sources are cited should readers wish to find out more.
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Industry at a glance:
- For the year 2018-19, Australia’s apple industry was valued at $513 million, while the pear industry was valued at around $78 million.
- There are over 500 commercial apple and/or pear growers in the country. All states produce apples and Victoria is the largest pear producer, with around 90 per cent of the nation’s pears grown there.
- In 2018-19, Australians ate an average of 10kg of apples per year which amounts to more than one apple a week, and they eat around 2.3kg of pears a year, which is about one a month.
- Australia currently exports 1-2 per cent of our total marketable production of apples and 8 per cent of pears.
Australian apple production (tonnes) and value of apple production (million $)
Data credit: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Australian pear production (tonnes) and value of pear production (million $)
Data credit: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Apple production by state (%)
Data credit: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Pear production by state(%)
Data credit: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Apple exports (tonnes) and Pear exports (tonnes)
Data credit: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Apples imports (tonnes) and ‘Pear imports (tonnes)
Data credit: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Apple exports vs imports
Data credit: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Pears exports vs imports
Data credit: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Apple top 10 importers
Data credit: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Pear top 10 importers
Data credit: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
