April/May 2020 - BAY OF PLENTY BUSINESS NEWS
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<strong>April</strong>/<strong>May</strong> <strong>2020</strong> <strong>BAY</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>PLENTY</strong> <strong>BUSINESS</strong> <strong>NEWS</strong> 3<br />
Zespri gets first shipment of kiwifruit<br />
away to Japan<br />
The current Covid-19 disruption has a few<br />
bright spots, namely that The Bay remains<br />
a key horticultural export of premier food.<br />
March saw the loading<br />
and departure from<br />
Tauranga of the first<br />
of a planned 47 charter vessels<br />
carrying new season Zespri kiwifruit<br />
to offshore consumers.<br />
The Baltic Pearl, carrying<br />
just over 1 million trays<br />
of SunGold kiwifruit, was<br />
expected to reach Japan by<br />
the end of March, docking in<br />
Tokyo and Kobe.<br />
The vessel had earlier<br />
berthed in Gisborne to pick up<br />
over 330,000 trays of SunGold<br />
after the region became one of<br />
the first to start this season’s<br />
kiwifruit harvest.<br />
Zespri chief global supply<br />
officer Blair Hamill, said that<br />
while there were ongoing challenges<br />
associated with Covid-<br />
19, all ports in Japan, Korea<br />
and Europe were functioning<br />
well and had labour available.<br />
“We’re continuing to monitor<br />
the situation closely and<br />
adopting a precautious approach,<br />
with our contingency<br />
planning taking account of<br />
the rapidly changing environment,”<br />
said Hamill.<br />
“We’re seeing positive<br />
signs in China in terms of<br />
the improving consumer<br />
metrics, and we expect our<br />
charter reefer vessels to run as<br />
planned.”<br />
Harvest underway<br />
The Baltic Pearl loading at Port of Tauranga. Photo/Zespri.<br />
We’re continuing to monitor the situation<br />
closely and adopting a precautious approach,<br />
with our contingency planning taking account<br />
of the rapidly changing environment.”<br />
– Blair Hamill.<br />
Hamill said with the harvest<br />
now underway, the industry<br />
was working hard to deliver<br />
another great tasting<br />
crop of kiwifruit, which had<br />
benefitted from this season’s<br />
warm weather and excellent<br />
pollination.<br />
(See our Special Focus on<br />
pages 11-14 for an update<br />
on Covid-19 impacts on our<br />
exports.)<br />
“This season we’re expecting<br />
to supply around 155 million<br />
trays, or around 600,000<br />
tonnes, of our premium Zespri<br />
kiwifruit to our consumers<br />
across the world,” he said.<br />
“Our latest estimates show<br />
we’re on track to supply over<br />
80 million trays of SunGold,<br />
and around 70 million trays of<br />
Green this year.<br />
“That’s up from around 74<br />
million trays of SunGold and<br />
73 million trays of Green last<br />
year, which marked the first<br />
time we’ve supplied more<br />
SunGold to the markets.”<br />
In total, Zespri expects to<br />
send more than 18,500 containers<br />
of kiwifruit this season,<br />
with four sailings to North Europe,<br />
11 to Zespri’s Mediterranean<br />
markets and 32 to Asia.<br />
“We’ll continue to monitor<br />
the developing COVID-19<br />
situation closely, and if we see<br />
any change in demand or disruption<br />
to a port, we will make<br />
adjustments to our fruit allocations<br />
accordingly.<br />
“We’re pleased to be able to<br />
get this first shipment of Sun-<br />
Gold Kiwifruit away and will<br />
continue to be working closely<br />
with our partners and in-market<br />
teams to ensure we’re continuing<br />
to meet our customer<br />
and consumer’s strong demand<br />
for fresh fruit.”<br />
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