Processed Asian Foods in Australia – An update

Table 6.20 Seaweed annual import values
for selected years 2003-2007
Year
Import value
(A$m)
2003 6.9
2004 7.3
2005 8.3
2006 7.1
2007 9.1
Figure 6.38 Seaweed annual import values
for selected years 2003-2007
10,000
9,000
8,000
7,000
Value ($A, 000)
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
China
Indonesia
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Philippines
Total
2,000
1,000
-
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
(Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2008)
e. Exports
There are no recorded exports of seaweed as whole food products from Australia.
f. Historical trends
Since 2003, the demand for seaweed imports has increased in terms of both volume and value. The
volume of seaweed imported into Australia has increased by almost 41% between 2003 and 2007.
However, while the import volume and value have increased, the average value of these imports has
decreased slightly. During this period, the average value of imports decreased by 6%, from A$14/kg in
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