Sugarcane is one of Australia’s most important rural industries.
- Australia is the second largest raw sugar supplier in the world.
- Australian sugarcane is processed into raw sugar, 80% of which is then exported to be refined into white sugar, 20% of which is processed on Australian shores.
- $2.5 billion value of production
- 35 million tonnes of cane grown each year
- 4-4.5 million tonnes of raw sugar produced each year
- 4000 cane farm businesses
- 22 sugar mills
Information courtesy of Canegrowers.
