As we know fruits play a significant role in human health.
In this article, I want to speak about the import and export of kiwi and its biggest production in the world.
But first of all, let me explain where kiwi comes from.
Kiwi China’s exclusive fruit transferred to New Zealand in the early years of the 20th century.
They named it kiwi just because of a pretty bird which is a New Zealand national bird.
Kiwi is a nutritious fruit and about its nutrition fact need to say per one hundred grams of kiwi there is 61 kilocalorie of one gram of protein,15 gram of carbohydrate, 3.4 gram of fiber, and minerals like sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphor, iron, magnesium, manganese and some vitamins.
Besides, it has benefited from a medical point of view.
These ingredients and benefits cause lots of demands all around the world so it has an especial place in the world market.
The top producers of kiwi in the world are China, New Zealand, Italy and Greece, and Iran.
The top exporter's countries are in this order: New Zealand, Italy, Greece, Chile, and Belgium.
Kiwi Consumption by Country
nowadays most cities in every country all around the world consume kiwi fruit.
It's issuing of exporting is something more than three billion dollars in the global market.
In this paragraph, we want to check New Zealand's producing and exporting of kiwi fruit in the last three decades.
This country has exported more than 8.6 million tons from 1996 till now and has had an income of approximately 25.6 billion dollars.
They broke the record in 2020 and have exported 2.7 billion dollars over the year.
They consume 10 percent of their kiwi fruit; the rest would be exported.
Major New Zealand international customers are Europe, China, and Japan.
Today New Zealand produces 3 types of kiwifruits: green, golden, and red.
Most of kiwi production and exportation in New Zealand is done by the Zespri company.
This company was established in 1997 and now is the biggest kiwi seller company in the world which sell its product in more than 50 countries.
In early 1991 their exportation was an insignificant amount.
At that time Australia, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, France, USA, Denmark, Switzerland, and Japan were the first ten countries that import the most kiwis into the world.
Kiwi Fruit Market
As kiwifruit has many benefits for us, so it has a special place in the market.
But why do markets demand it? Since it has benefits for our skin and hair and for curing diseases.
Kiwi fruit benefits are unique.
it is small and soft fruit, but don’t let its size mislead you because this delicious fruit is fully nourishing like vitamins c, a, b6, calcium, iron, and magnesium which are crucial for health but do you know that kiwi is beneficial for our skin and hair too?
Here are some of the kiwi fruit benefits:
- Cardio health, since kiwi has lots of magnesium it could lower the risk of heart diseases.
- Lowering cholesterol and hypertension: kiwi has fiber which lowers cholesterol and potassium which helps adjust the blood pressure.
- Helps to control the blood sugar: minerals and fibers in kiwi fruit would help the blood sugar.
- Helps to absorb iron better: combining kiwi with foods that have so much iron could help the iron absorption.
- Constipation: as kiwi has fiber so it's anti-constipation. Experts consider it a natural laxative.
- Fat burning: eating kiwi every day can activate the carnitine. This substance could help the procedure of transmuting fat to energy. Also, it makes you feel full and improve your digestion system.
- Skin Resurfacing: kiwi fruit is not only a delicious and nourishing fruit but also a natural material for skincare which contains nutrition like: vitamins C and E and anti-oxidants which is necessary for strengthening and resurfacing our skin. Drinking kiwi fruit juice regularly is effective in excreting toxins from the body thus, it causes clear and healthy skin.
There are some side effects too.
if you eat too many kiwi fruits you may face these problems such as:
- Allergy: allergy to the kiwi could create some reaction in some persons. Usually, this allergy is with diarrhea, benign swelling, stomach ache, and mouth itching. It is probable in severe cases person suffers an allergic shock.
- Mouth inflammation: eating too many kiwi fruits duo too acidic nature would cause mouth inflammation.
- Diarrhea: whereas kiwi fruit has many fibers and is considered a laxative but eating too much of it may cause diarrhea.
- Drug interaction: ill people who use beta-blocker must avoid eating more than one kiwi in a day since they may take the potassium level to a dangerous point and may harm their kidneys.
Zespri
Kiwi fruit wars; golden fruit cause some concern between China and New Zealand Kiwi in supermarkets of New Zealand is considered as most valuable horticulture exportation.
Recent fruit control struggles, leading to concerns in the relationship between China and New Zealand.
Kiwi is an enormous trade for New Zealand.
Zespri, a giant kiwi company in New Zealand has a 3.9 billion income.
Sungold is the most valuable and new type of golden kiwi that saved the local industry from catastrophe.
Zespri co immediately implement the registry and exclusive ownership in the world.
Success in exporting golden Kiwi caused the New Zealand kiwi industry to be revived.
This could be the golden end after years of struggle for Zespri co but in 2016, an unpleasant rumor was in the central office based on that sun gold is growing in China.
Zespri co avoid doing an interview but announced that “searching a trading strategy and probably cooperating with Chinese industry is the best chance to obtain an efficient result” it is noted in this statement that” such a strategy is necessary for both sides.”
It is hard to find fresh kiwi fruit in each season for over a year since it needs some facilities and equipment for storing and sending this product all around the world.
Our company equipped to all facilities like refrigerated containers which allows us to send fresh kiwis with the best quality to most places in the world.