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Agriculture & Fresh Produce

Agriculture and fresh produce.

Nuts, fruit, grains, oilseeds and cotton. Season and destination protocol sit in the specification.

A wheat ear.

What moves

  • Macadamias, almonds and other nuts, in shell or kernel.
  • Cherries, citrus, avocados, apples and other seasonal fruit.
  • Wheat, barley, oats, canola and raw cotton.

Markets

  • In 2024–25 China took 22% of Australia’s agricultural exports, then the United States (12%) and Japan (6.9%).
  • Those shares are for agriculture as a whole. A single product’s destination is confirmed on the quotation.

Season

  • Grains and cotton follow the Australian crop.
  • Fresh fruit is often counter-seasonal to northern markets. The shipping window is named per variety.

What buyers specify

  • Variety, district, grade and size.
  • Moisture, protein or kernel style where that is the contract.
  • Count, net weight and pack.

Packing and terms

  • Cartons, bags or bulk, as the product requires.
  • FOB, CFR and CIF are the sea terms buyers usually discuss. The term names who arranges freight and where risk passes.

Check before the goods move

  • Plant exports follow the destination protocol in Micor, including any phytosanitary certificate. DAFF, Micor
  • Fresh produce imported into Australia is checked in BICON before it is offered. DAFF, BICON

For a quotation

  • The product and the specification: grade, variety, or part number.
  • Export or import, and the destination or origin country.
  • A quantity and a unit.
  • Timing, and an Incoterm if you already know it.
  • Your name, company, and an email for the reply.
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