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In 2020, the production of kiwi fruit in New Zealand saw a slight decrease from the previous year with around thousand trays of kiwi being harvested in that season. As of 2018, New Zealand was the third largest producer of kiwi fruit in the world.

Kiwifruit cultivation in New Zealand

Since 2005, the overall area used for the production of kiwi fruit in New Zealand has steadily expanded and measured over ** thousand hectares of horticultural land in 2019. A share of cultivational land for the production of kiwifruit was also provided by Maori farms. In 2018, the value of kiwifruit exported by New Zealand was by far the greatest out of all Asia Pacific nations.

Zespri – New Zealand’s kiwi king

Zespri International Limited, a New Zealand-based company, is the world’s largest dealer of kiwifruits. In 2019, the company’s operating revenue amounted to *** billion New Zealand dollars, the highest revenue generated since 2015. Zespri’s already ascending net profit after tax also peaked to a record high in that year.