{"id":22250,"date":"2025-04-15T13:30:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=22250"},"modified":"2025-04-15T13:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:34:30","slug":"vietnam-spurs-new-zealands-price-unfeeling-fruit-exports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/04\/15\/vietnam-spurs-new-zealands-price-unfeeling-fruit-exports\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam spurs New Zealand\u2019s price-unfeeling fruit exports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Even at a time when New Zealand is experiencing uptick\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/insights\/prices\/new-zealand\/\"><u>food prices<\/u><\/a>, exports of local fruits to Vietnam is flourishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outbound shipments seem not to affect fruit prices, which were domestically cheaper by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-in\/foodanddrink\/other\/new-zealand-food-prices-surge-35-in-march-2025-highest-in-one-year-dairy-meat-and-chocolate-costlier\/ar-AA1CVCs8?ocid=BingNewsVerp\"><u>2% <\/u><\/a>year-on-year (y-o-y) in March 2025. This is happening despite other foods getting costlier by 3.5%, y-o-y.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, New Zealand shipped some NZ$172 million ($101.7 million) worth of mainly fruit horticulture to Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three fruits fueled this growth, namely cherries, apples and kiwifruit, with Vietnam ranking second among the leading apple destinations for NZ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple exports generated NZ$126 million ($74.6 million) while kiwifruit NZ$30 million ($17.8 million) against cherries\u2019 NZ$10 million ($5.9 million).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This trio informed some 16 mainly premium fruit trade deals that businesses in the two nations signed in 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides the three are new export market entrants like strawberries and squash, two fruits with potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also making inroads in Vietnam after China predominance are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/04\/11\/piqa-pears-china-is-the-primary-export-market-for-new-zealand-grown-piqa-red\/\"><u>New Zealand\u2019s pears<\/u><\/a>, which are gaining popularity in wholesale chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trick by suppliers is to use established fruits as a launching pad for a related fruit so as to familiarize consumers with it. Indeed, New Zealand Apples and Pears group\u2019s CEO Karen Morrish told the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/the-country\/news\/nz-horticultural-exports-vietnam-expansion-eyed-after-success-with-apples-cherries-and-kiwifruit\/3CEDBQTF2FDIHA3TKHG3OQQYAI\/\"><u>New Zealand Herald<\/u><\/a>\u00a0of such a connection between apples and pears in Vietnam.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So long kiwifruit, apples and cherries, the new focal point for far-flung customers in New Zealand\u2019s gaining fruit hub, Vietnam. To learn more on the Oceania country\u2019s global fruit trade, skim the statistics below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-new-zealand-vietnam-fruit-trade-statistics\"><strong>New Zealand\/Vietnam Fruit Trade Statistics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand is renowned for its high-earning specialty fruits such as apples, kiwifruit, pears, cherries, blueberries and grapes. Some of these, especially apples, rule Central Asian markets such as China and Vietnam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Which NZ fruits are of high export value<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"#:~:text=New%20Zealand\u2019s%20fresh%20and%20processed%20fruit%20exports%20in,products%20were%20kiwifruit%2C%20grape%20wine%2C%20apples%20and%20avocados.\"><u>United Fresh<\/u><\/a>, the country earned some NZ$5.9 billion ($3.5 billion) in 2021 for all fruit exports. Kiwifruit dominated the trade at 40% of the total returns, at 622,50 tonnes. Wine grapes came second at NZ$1.86 billion ($1.1 billion) but had the biggest reach of 97 foreign markets. Also rising steadily in value are apples, which generated NZ$825 million ($488.1 million) in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avocado at\u00a0<a href=\"#:~:text=New%20Zealand\u2019s%20fresh%20and%20processed%20fruit%20exports%20in,products%20were%20kiwifruit%2C%20grape%20wine%2C%20apples%20and%20avocados.\"><u>NZ$ 202 million<\/u><\/a>\u00a0($119.5 million) in 2021 and cherries at NZ$55 million ($32.5 million) also boast high returns. Also in the league are blueberries at NZ$41 million ($24.3 milllion), as of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Is Vietnam a major market for New Zealand\u2019s fruits<\/strong>?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vietnam bought&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/the-country\/news\/nz-horticultural-exports-vietnam-expansion-eyed-after-success-with-apples-cherries-and-kiwifruit\/3CEDBQTF2FDIHA3TKHG3OQQYAI\/\"><u>NZ$172 millio<\/u><\/a>n ($101.7 million) in horticultural produce from New Zealand in 2024. This made the central Asia country the second biggest destination for NZ\u2019s horticultural exports after China. &nbsp;According to the government\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stats.govt.nz\/news\/fruit-exports-dominated-by-gold-kiwifruit\/\"><u>Stats NZ<\/u><\/a>, Vietnam was New Zealand\u2019s third single biggest apple market in 2021 at NZ$91.5 million ($54.1 million).&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even at a time when New Zealand is experiencing uptick\u00a0food prices, exports of local fruits to Vietnam is flourishing. Outbound shipments seem not to affect fruit prices, which were domestically cheaper by\u00a02% year-on-year (y-o-y) in March 2025. 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