The Australian Food and Grocery Council launched the State of Industry report at the APEX Summit in Melbourne held on the 27th of August 2026. The AIP Australasian Institute of Packaging are proud to be a Member of the AFGC.
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The State of the Industry is the Australian Food and Grocery Council’s yearly assessment of how the country’s FMCG sector is performing.
Drawing on the latest official data, it brings together the numbers that matter: turnover, the value the sector adds to the economy, the people it employs, the businesses that make it up, what it invests, and how it trades with the world. It is the definitive annual stocktake of the sector that turns Australia’s farm output into the food on the nation’s tables. The report enables you to explore the performance of Australia’s food, beverage and grocery manufacturing sector.
Key statistics for the Australian Food, Beverage & Grocery Sector:
- Australia’s largest manufacturing sector
- 303,227 people employed in the food and grocery industry in Australia
- 17,669 Businesses
- $182.6 billion turnover
- 52.6 billion in exports
- 35.8 % regional employment
Explore the latest State of the Industry report: https://afgc.org.au/resources/state-of-the-industry/
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