NZ kiwifruit industry needs to manage its growth as constraint pressures emerge, ANZ says

NZ kiwifruit industry needs to manage its growth as constraint pressures emerge, ANZ says
Jonathan Underhill
By Jonathan Underhill Feb. 2 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand's kiwifruit industry needs to manage its ambitious growth plans to ensure there are enough workers and packing plants, and to be aware of rising input prices, ANZ Bank economists say. Kiwifruit is New Zealand's fastest-growing horticultural export and the Ministry for Primary Industries is forecasting more growth in the next two years, with exports to reach $1.8 billion in 2019. Zespri is aiming for $4.5 billion of global sales by 2025. In the next five years, the monopoly export a...