Mr. Wyatt requested potato production tonnage data for WA from 2010-2014. The answer provides the ware potato production tonnages for those years, defining 'ware potato' and clarifying the data represents tonnage delivered to washpacking merchants, less dumpings.

AnsweredQoN 3589Legislative Assembly
Asked
19 February 2015
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Agriculture and Food

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What was the tonnage of potatoes produced by Western Australian growers for the years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014?

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Answered
11 March 2015
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Food
Response time
20 days
Production tonnages are the volumes that have been grown and delivered from the grower to the washpacking merchant in readiness for washing, grading and packing activities.
Production tonnages, less dumpings, result in the tonnage available for commercial activity.
Ware* Production tonnages for the years 2010-2014 are as follows:
2010 - 50 765 tonnes
2011 - 52 544 tonnes
2012 - 50 200 tonnes
2013 - 51 514 tonnes
2014 - 54 673 tonnes
*Ware potato means a potato which: -
a) is grown in the State; and
b) is sold, or in respect of which there are reasonable grounds to believe that it is intended for sale, for human consumption; and
c) is unprocessed, except for cleaning and grading.

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