NON OIL EXPORT WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS` COMMENTS - 3 VIDEO CLIPS
|
Post by Trade Coach on May 12, 2014 1:27:45 GMT 1
New Zealand onions and apples are proving a hit with overseas consumers. In the year to last June 30, onion exports jumped 47 per cent to be worth $90 million, while apple exports increased 40 per cent to $475m. Overall, horticultural exports are worth $3.6 billion, or 8 per cent of all merchandise products sold overseas, up from 7.8 per cent the previous year, Plant & Food Research says. Wine, at $1.2b, and kiwifruit, at $934m, accounted for the lion's share of horticultural export revenue. Total produce from horticulture was valued at $6.7b, including $770m domestic spending on fruit and $1.09b on vegetables. Plant & Food Research chief executive Peter Landon-Lane said Pacific Rim countries were taking an increasing proportion of products, up to 71 per cent from 59 per cent in 2000. HortNZ spokeswoman Leigh Catley said numbers had been relatively static for 2013. "PSA [in kiwifruit] put a bit of a dent in the general trend upwards, and avocados took a bit of a hit," she said. Australia, Indonesia and Southeast Asian countries continued to take a larger share of horticultural exports. Source: www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/cropping/10013908/Onions-apples-lead-lift-in-horticultural-exports
|
|