Australia Agriculture & Food insights

Australia exported 73,783 tonnes of chickpeas and 131,447t of lentils in March, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The chickpea figure is down 75 percent from the 294,333t exported in February to reflect the March 31 end of the tariff-free period into India. It captured 1.4 million tonnes (Mt) of

The Almond Board of Australia recently said that Australia's almond production in the 2025/26 season is expected to be at least 10-20% lower than industry expectations. The association continues to receive reports from processors that hot and dry weather throughout the growing season and frost at the end of the flowering period in September have led to poor production expectations. This is the first time in many years that the harvest has been completed before Easter, but the high-value snack nut variety Nonpareil, which accounts for nearly 50% of the industry's planting area, has always had lower-than-expected kernel weight during primary processing. Industry insiders pointed out that extreme high temperatures leading to low kernel moisture content are the main reason. Although the final yield will not be confirmed until the shelling and inner shelling are completed in September-October, the early processing results have fully demonstrated that the 20 Production in the 25/26 season will be lower than previously expected. The industry production timeline based on the age of the orchards shows that the 2025/26 season could have produced nearly 172,000 tons, but the latest forecast before the season has lowered the expected production to 155,531 tons. Due to China's tariff policy and potential trade barriers in other export markets, global market demand for Australian almonds continues to strengthen. This uncertainty has prompted many first-time buyers to turn their attention to Australia as an alternative source of supply. Since the start of the new production season on March 1, almond prices have risen significantly, coupled with the weak Australian dollar, growers' income is expected to hit a ten-year high. Image source: Almond Board of Australia 2025 International Fruit and Vegetable Report All rights reserved. Please contact International Fruit and Vegetable Report for permission and indicate that it is from International Fruit and Vegetable Report

The final report on biosecurity has just been published by Australia, contributing to increasing the market for the product with an output of nearly 1 million tons in our country.