Industry blueprint: Tea Tree Oil
This blueprint serves as a resource for those interested in the tea tree oil industry and provides essential fast facts alongside the fundamental themes highlighted...
TEA TREE OIL
Fact sheet: Tea tree oil industry – 25 years
8 pages
Published: 5 Oct 2018
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Australia’s tea tree oil industry is reaping the benefits of 25 years of research and development funding with a $6 million investment yielding $35 million annually in export sales. Key gains for growers include a jump from early oil yields of 100-150 kilograms per hectare to new cultivars which consistently yield 350-450 kg/ha.
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