Australia: Indian export market ripe for Queensland avocados

Published 2024년 6월 12일

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An agricultural company, Donovan Family Investments (DFI), in partnership with Avocados Australia, has successfully exported Australian hass avocados to India, overcoming the country's strict biosecurity and food import requirements. The trial, which began in 2023 with 10 shipments, has paved the way for commercial exports, with the first shipments sent in July 2023. The quality of Australian avocados is superior to that of competitors like Tanzania, Kenya, and South Africa, providing a significant advantage in the Indian market. With a population of 1.4 billion, India offers vast potential for avocado sales, especially considering the country's e-commerce culture and the declining tariff on Australian imports, which is set to be zero by 2028.

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It is not a food you would usually associate with India, but a trial sending Australian hass avocados there has proved fruitful for the industry. Annaleise and Lachlan Donovan run Donovan Family Investments along with their two sons, Miles and Clayton. They grow, process and export avocados and macadamias for distribution to the domestic and overseas market. Their farms are located in the wide bay area, across the regions of Bundaberg, Childers and Gin Gin, with 650 hectares dedicated to avocados and 100 hectares to macadamias. DFI director Lachlan Donovon said they had been part of a trial organised by Avocados Australia, in 2023, that sent 10 shipments of Australian hass avocados to India. The successful shipment trial met India's strict biosecurity and food import requirements and gave Australia market access. DFI director Lachlan Donovon at their packhouse, located in Isis Central, north west of Childers. Picture: Kelly Mason The 10 loads were shipped in July 2023, protocols ...

Source: Queenslandcountrylife