Processed Asian Foods in Australia – An update
Processed Asian Foods in Australia – An update
Processed Asian Foods in Australia – An update
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6.8 <strong>Processed</strong> fish balls, fish cakes and m<strong>in</strong>ced products<br />
a. Description<br />
These are processed fish meat products formed <strong>in</strong>to various shapes of balls, cakes or blocks. They are<br />
packaged <strong>in</strong> a range of frozen or chilled formats and are used <strong>in</strong> <strong>Asian</strong> stir frys, stews and soups (Plate<br />
6.8).<br />
Plate 6.8 <strong>Australia</strong>n manufactured ‘<strong>Asian</strong>’ fish balls<br />
b. Countries of orig<strong>in</strong><br />
Figures 6.27 and 6.28 show that the major countries of orig<strong>in</strong> for imports of processed fish products by<br />
both volume and value are Thailand, S<strong>in</strong>gapore and Korea.<br />
Figure 6.27 <strong>Processed</strong> fish balls, fish cakes and fish m<strong>in</strong>ce import volumes by country<br />
for selected years 1998-2007<br />
400<br />
0<br />
350<br />
0<br />
300<br />
0<br />
Volume (Tonnes)<br />
250<br />
0<br />
200<br />
0<br />
150<br />
0<br />
100<br />
0<br />
50<br />
0<br />
1998<br />
2002<br />
2005<br />
2006<br />
2007<br />
Taiwan PRC Thailand Indonesia Korea S<strong>in</strong>gapore Japan Malaysia PRC (CHINA) TOTA<br />
L<br />
(Source: <strong>Australia</strong>n Bureau of Statistics, 2008)<br />
40
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