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VEGGIE STATS: PUMPKINS
• Pumpkin growers’, on average, have been experiencing losses since 2007-08.
• Since 2007-08, average domestic pumpkin prices have fallen by 9%, whilst average costs have fallen by 15%.
• Pumpkin production has been falling on average since 2008-09 and reached its record low level of 92 tonnes in 2011-12.
• Pumpkin, squash and gourd exports totalled more than $2 million in value in 2012-13. More than half of these exports were sent to Singapore.
Pumpkins Production – Key facts and figures
Australian Pumpkin Growers’ Financial Performance (average per farm)
Source: ABARES vegetable farm survey 2011-12 and 2012-13, page 69Returns: The difference between price and costs (including imputed labour).
Current Financial PerformanceAustralian pumpkin growers’ averaged a loss of $235 per tonne in 2011-12, an improvement of 23% on the previous year.
In 2011-12, the average price received per tonne of pumpkin was $375, whereas the average cost to produce a tonne of pumpkins was $610.
2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
$/Tonne
800
600
400
200
0
-200
-400
Price
Costs (including
imputed labour)
Return
Long Term TrendsPumpkin growers’ on average, have experienced annual losses since 2007-08.
This project has been funded by Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited using the National Vegetable Levy and funds from the Australian Government.
Source: Global Trade Information Service, sourced from Australian Bureau of Statistics International Trade data, various years
Australian Pumpkin Growers’ Production (average per farm)
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Source: ABARES vegetable farm survey 2011-12 and 2012-13, page 69
Tonnes
200
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Australian Pumpkin ProductionAustralian pumpkin production averaged 92 tonnes in 2011-12, down 34% on the previous year.
Average farm pumpkin production has fallen by 52% since 2008-09.
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Area Planted v Yield (average per farm)
Source: ABARES vegetable farm survey 2011-12 and 2012-13, page 69
Hectares
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Tonne/Hectare 20181614121086420
Australian Pumpkin ProductionThe average area planted in 2011-12 fell by 25% from the previous year.
In 2011-12, pumpkin growers’ average yields also declined by 21% at 15 tonnes per hectare.
Area Planted
Yield
Australia’s Pumpkin, Squash and Gourd Exports and Export Prices Received
ExportsThe majority of Australia’s pumpkin, squash and gourd exports were sent to Singapore in 2012-13.
Australia’s pumpkin, squash and gourd exports received the highest export price per kg from Malaysia, whilst the lowest export price was Indonesia at $0.94 per kg.
% of Exports
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Unit Price per KG
$2.50
$2.00
$1.50
$1.00
$0.50
$-
Singapore
Papua
New Guinea
United Arab
Emirates
Hong Kong
Indonesia
MalaysiaBrunei
DarussalamQatar
$1.11M
$0.29M$0.21M $0.15M $0.15M $0.11M
$0.01M $0.01M