G/STR/Q1/NZL/24  
 
25 November  2022 
(22-8812) Page: 1/2 
Working Party on State Trading Enterprises  Original: English  
 
 
STATE TRADING  
NEW ZEALAND'S REPLIES TO QUESTIONS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION1 
REGARDING  NEW ZEALAND 'S NEW AND FULL NOTIFICATION2  
The following communication, dated and received on 31 October  2022, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of New Zealand . 
 
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Question 1:  
With respect to point III.C of notification G/STR/N/19/NZL and the statistical information 
provided in the tables, could New Zealand provide more granular  data, including volume 
and price about its total quantity exported by country of destination , including the split 
between the STE and the collaborative marketing arrangements for the last 5 years? Has 
the quantity of kiwifruit exported under the collabora tive marketing regime increased 
over the last 5 years?  
Reply : 
Aggregate export data for Zespri has been provided in G/STR/N/19/NZL (Table II). Information on 
collaborative marketing arrangement approvals can be found on Kiwifruit N ew Zealand' s (KNZ) 
website at: https://www.knz.co.nz/regulation -15-collaborative -marketing -results .  
Has the quantity of kiwifruit exported under the collaborative marke ting regime increased 
over the last 5 years?  
Reply : 
Please refer to page 7  of KNZ’s annual report . The quantity has increased over the last 5 yea rs. 
KNZ’s Annual Report is available at : https://knz.ibcdn.nz/media/2022_08_11_2021 -22-kiwifruit -
new-zealand -annual -report -finalpdf.pdf .  
Questio n 2: 
With respect to point III.H and the statistical information provided in the tables, could 
New Zealand provide more information about the kiwifruit market structure? Also , would 
it possible to elaborate on why, despite the duty free access for imported kiwifruit, the 
imports are very low?  
Reply : 
Kiwifruit import rates are a result of market factors.  
 
1 G/STR/Q1/NZL/23 . 
2 G/STR/N/19/NZL . G/STR/Q1/NZL/24  
 
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  Question 3:  
In reply G/STR/Q1/NZL/20 dated 18 October 2018, New Zealand pr ovided the following 
reply to a question of the EU: "Given Zespri's regulated automatic, but not exclusive, right 
to export kiwifruit from New Zealand to markets other than Australia, the Kiwifruit Export 
Regulations 1999 require that Zespri "must not unju stifiably discriminate among 
suppliers and potential suppliers in respect of – (a) a decision on whether to purchase 
kiwifruit; or (b) the terms of the purchase contract." The Regulations set out that 
"Discrimination (or the extent of the discrimination) i s justifiable if it is on commercial 
grounds". "Kiwifruit New Zealand, the independent regulator, is responsible for 
monitoring and enforcement of non -discrimination rules."  
In light of the above -provided reply and the information in table II of notificati on 
G/STR/N/19/NZL, could New Zealand give more information on the other companies 
exporting kiwifruit:  
a) Which are the ir main destination markets?  
b) What is the status of the other companies (private, cooperative or state -owned)?  
c) Could New Zealand provide i nformation on the average export prices of the other 
exporters?  
Reply : 
This information can be found on Kiwifruit NZ’s (KNZ) website at: https://www.knz.co.nz/regulation -
15-collaborative -marketing -results . 
 
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