NZ: Apple prices up 21%
And at $4.12 per kilogram, that outstripped an overall increase in food prices of 0.8 per cent for the January year.
Turners & Growers chief executive Geoff Hipkins said the sharp price jump was a result of a classic rise in overall demand for apples meeting a shortage of supply due to poor growing conditions in the northern hemisphere.
"It's an advantage to New Zealand, being able to supply apples while other countries have not been in that position," he said, adding that the warm summer had been helping apple growers so far.
Source: stuff.co.nz
