Kiwifruit giant Zespri posts $155m profit, while corporate profit soars

Kiwifruit giant Zespri posts $155m profit, while corporate profit soars

Orchard gate returns have dipped across most kiwifruit varieties per tray in the 2024/2025 fruit season, off records last year, while marketing giant Zespri's corporate profits hit a record.

The retailer surpassed NZ$5 billion in global sales for the 2024/25 season, surpassing the 2015 target of NZ$4.5 billion by 2025. See more

Zespri smashes records for volume, revenue

Reading Time: 2 minutes Zespri exported a record 220.9 million trays of kiwifruit in 2024-25, up from 164.2 million trays a year earlier, earning record global sales revenue of $5.03 billion. This translated into record returns to growers of $3.10bn for the 2024-25 year. Lower licensing revenue from a reduction in planted hectares meant a lower net profit after tax of $155.2 million, down from $173.3m a year earlier. Excluding the licensing impa…