Processed Asian Foods in Australia – An update

Plate 6.11 Jelly fungus
b. Countries of origin
Figure 6.42 shows that the major Asian country of origin for imports of jelly fungus by value is China.
Figure 6.42 Asian specialty mushrooms – jelly fungus import volumes by country
for selected years 2003-2008
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7
0.0
6
Value ($A millions)
0.0
5
0.0
4
0.0
3
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
0.0
2
0.0
1
0
China - Hong Kong - Tota
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(Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2008)
c. Import volumes
Table 6.23 and Figure 6.43 show that the total volumes of imported jelly fungus from Asia have
increased from 7.4 tonnes in 2003 to 8.4 tonnes in 2008. This equates to a CAGR of 3%.
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