Hawke\u2019s Bay is the largest producer, contributing 64% of New Zealand\u2019s total apple volumes.<\/p>\n
\u201cFruit we shipped to the US this year returned probably a dollar less than the costs, so regrettably, we have no plans to ship to the US in this current season. <\/p>\n
\u201cUntil the tariffs are gone, it will be difficult to make a dollar.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paynter said the US market was also oversupplied, and prices were not good anyway. <\/p>\n
He was shifting to focus on other markets instead, though there are other challenges.<\/p>\n
The other main market for bigger fruit is Taiwan, though it is still relatively small and can be oversupplied by rival exporters.<\/p>\n
Local AgFirst horticulture consultant Jonathan Brookes said most growers were busy thinning fruit at the moment.<\/p>\n
He said there was some market fluidity at the moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe US market has tended to be overflowing a bit with its own supply. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s key people in there and doing really well, but they\u2019re quite specific.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of the markets around Asia and beyond are actually doing quite well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brookes said while it was \u201cvery variety specific\u201d, for the most part, the markets were \u201cpretty good\u201d.<\/p>\n
He said it was still a long time to harvest, but things were looking good.<\/p>\n
Despite the export challenges, Paynter was also optimistic about the coming harvest, with near-perfect growing conditions and fruit quality looking good.<\/p>\n
He said it had been an even better growing season than the previous one, which was one of the best in many growers\u2019 memories, and was expecting a big crop of large, clean apples from his nearly 600 hectares of orchards in Hawke\u2019s Bay.<\/p>\n
In some blocks, it was the largest fruit grown in 20 years of record-keeping.<\/p>\n
\u201cProbably the warmest spring conditions we\u2019ve ever experienced here in Hawke\u2019s Bay, and that early heat is what really sets the trajectory for fruit size.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paynter expected the coming harvest would start on time early next year.<\/p>\n
He said growers had had a rough time since Cyclone Gabrielle, but with two strong back-to-back harvests, growers can graduate from a \u201cswimming pool of red ink\u201d to a bucket and hopefully would be back in the black next year.<\/p>\n
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