date:May 24, 2016
show 19,000 tonnes of Victorian fruits were exported to Indonesia last year. Minister for Agriculture Jaala Pulford said Victoria was Australia’s leading food and fibre exporter.
A Victorian Government spokesman said factors such as Victoria’s proximity to Indonesia meant the state could offer a counter-seasonal supply of fruit to the northern hemisphere.
“Victoria grows 90 per cent of Australia’s pears, 45 per cent of its apples and in the period 2014-15, total global fruit exports from