New Zealand: Fresh Deciduous Fruit Annual
The deciduous fruit sector in New Zealand is now celebrating its third successive year of profitable returns and is in expansion mode. Registered plantings are likely to be up eight percent in 2015/2016. Production is set to break out of the biennial bearing cycle to reach 565,350 metric tons in 2015/2016. Exports are likely to follow suit and be up three percent at 342,000 metric tons.