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New Zealand developed the first commercially viable kiwifruit and developed export markets, creating the demand for the fruit that exists today. Today New Zealand is the third largest kiwifruit producing country, next to China and Italy, [1] and holds approximately 30% of the market share. In the 2008–2009 season the value of New Zealand ...
Kiwifruit (often shortened to kiwi outside Australia and New Zealand), or Chinese gooseberry, is the edible berry of several species of woody vines in the genus Actinidia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The most common cultivar group of kiwifruit ( Actinidia deliciosa 'Hayward') [ 3 ] is oval, about the size of a large hen's egg : 5–8 centimetres (2–3 inches ...
The 10 largest trading partners of New Zealand with their total trade (sum of imports and exports) in millions of New Zealand dollars and the total trade for all countries for the 2023 calendar year were as follows: [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Kiwi Brothers are mascot characters of Zespri International Japan Co., Ltd. (Zespri's Japanese subsidiary). [7] A character unit based on Zespri's flagship product, kiwifruit. When they first appeared, there were two: Green, the Green Kiwi, and Gold, the Sungold Kiwi. Later, Red, the Ruby Red, joined them.
However, as of 2017, the New Zealand Government still provides state investment in infrastructure which supports agriculture. [5] Pastoral farming is the major land use, but a significant amount of land is also devoted to horticulture. New Zealand is a member of the Cairns Group, which is seeking to have free trade in agricultural goods. [6]
As of May 2019, there are approximately 56 beef and lamb processing plants in New Zealand: 34 in the North Island and 22 in the South Island. [7] Major companies include AFFCO Holdings, Alliance Group, ANZCO Foods, and Silver Fern Farms. There are four major chicken and poultry processors in New Zealand: Brinks, Inghams, Tegel, and Turks ...
Forestry exports are an important component of New Zealand's economy. For many years New Zealand's economy was built on a narrow range of agricultural products, such as wool, meat and dairy. These products became New Zealand's staple and most valuable exports, underpinning the success of the economy, from the 1850s until the 1970s. [32]
A sliced Zespri Golden kiwi 'Hort16A' is a golden kiwifruit cultivar marketed worldwide, first as Zespri Gold, [2] then as SunGold. [4] This cultivar suffered significant losses in New Zealand from late 2010 to 2013 due to the PSA bacterium. A new cultivar of golden kiwifruit, 'Zesy002', was found to be more disease-resistant and most growers ...