Agriculture: Dried fruit industry savaged by deregulation*

The Australian dried fruit industry is facing terminal decline, due to the removal of tariffs on imported dried fruit, together with fierce competition from subsidised producers (like Turkey) which have undercut Australian exports.Australians are among the largest consumers of dried fruits in the world, with average annual consumption around 1.8 kg per person. Until recently, this was supplied by Australian producers.However, since the 1980s, successive Federal Governments had reduced protection…

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