Cannabiz Australia
Domestic production of cannabis closed the gap on imports in 2025 despite a huge spike in flower arriving from Thailand, preliminary data from the Office of Drug Control has revealed.
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Thai imports soar but Aussie growers close gap on foreign-grown flower
The Impact of International Imports
The Australian market has historically faced a heavy influx of cheaper, foreign-grown flower. This dynamic created tension between local cultivators and international suppliers. [1, 2]
Supply Dynamics (2025)
┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 🇹🇭 Thailand: Massive export surge │──┐
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├──► 🇦🇺 Australian Patient Market
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│ 🇦🇺 Australia: 55,337kg produced (+30%) │──┘
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- The Thai Surge: Thailand became a prominent exporter after legal policy updates in 2022. This allowed a high volume of lower-cost flower to enter international medical supply chains, including Australia’s. [1, 2, 3]
- Local Pushback: In early 2025, local growers formed the Australian Cannabis Cultivator Guild. They actively lobbied the federal government to protect domestic businesses, citing high local regulatory costs compared to cheap imports. [1]
- Quota Reductions: To prevent an oversupply, the ODC reduced Australia’s import quota from 101 tonnes down to 88 tonnes for 2025
Source Google AI
