Chinese relations impact table grape and citrus exporters with value drops

Ashley Walmsley
Updated October 21 2021 - 11:50am, first published 5:00am
LOWER: Export value to China declined by 40pc in 2020/21. This was the first time since 2010/11 that table grape export values had declined, primarily due to ongoing trade tensions with China.
LOWER: Export value to China declined by 40pc in 2020/21. This was the first time since 2010/11 that table grape export values had declined, primarily due to ongoing trade tensions with China.

TENSIONS with China have hit the Australian table grape export market to the tune of $168.4 million.

Ashley Walmsley

Ashley Walmsley

Editor, Good Fruit & Vegetables

Ashley Walmsley is the editor of ACM's only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. He also writes the weekly, The Ringer, column in the Qld Country Life.

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