New Zealand avocado: positive alternate bearing in 2018-19, and big ambitions

  • Published on 24/05/2018 - Published by Market News Service / FruiTrop
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New Zealand is definitely one of the countries with the most marked alternate bearing phenomena (particularly in the Bay of Plenty, where more than 60 % of surface areas are concentrated). The coming season should demonstrate this once more: exports, which dropped to 2.3 million boxes in 2017-18 (approximately 13 000 t), should rise to approximately 3.5 million boxes according to an initial estimate (approximately 19 000 t). An impressive rise it is true, though with volumes still a long way off the records for the past two years of positive alternate bearing (4.5 million boxes in 2014-15 and 4.7 in 2016-17). New Zealand will have a major new customer in China, after this country lifted its sanitary restrictions in early 2018. The industry has set itself an ambitious target of doubling production within ten years (70 000 t as opposed to just over 30 000 t on average at present). The project is based on a big increase in average yield (15 t/ha) and expanding surface areas by 1 200 ha (in particular in Northland), taking total surface areas to 5 000 ha.

Sources: NZ Herald, ANZ

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