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 69 Returns: The difference between price and costs (including imputed labour). Current Financial Performance Australian 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 Trends Pumpkin 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.

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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

-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.

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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

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

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%

Unit Price per KG

$2.50

$2.00

$1.50

$1.00