date:Feb 18, 2021
ding to the latest Hort Innovation statistics, 19,648 tons were produced in the year ending June 2020; an increase of 32 percent compared to 2019. There was also a 15 percent increase in the value, to $ 31.8 million. There are currently two main categories grown in Australia: red papaya, which accounted for 85 percent of the fresh production, and yellow papaya, which accounted for the other 15 percent. Australia is a net importer of fresh papayas and in the year ending in June 2020, it imported