Article says exports to China started this year and funnily enough they now cost kiwis $7 each and there's a shortage. Just another in the long list of things that the average joe can no longer afford thanks to this supposed free trade that would benefit the country.
At local supermarket, medium sized avocado was $6. Beside it large imported pineapple was $3. As always, Kiwis are being ripped off. Perhaps its time for an export ban for avocados.
Simple. Dont buy them at those prices.
My work has 3 for $5 at the moment and all of them are green.
I have a tree that produces year round it cost $29, took me 5 minutes to plant aND I dont have to complain about avocado prices or quality
#RipOffNz
Take it back and get a refund or a replacement.Unless kiwis start doing this, the quality of our fruit and vege will just get worse and worse.
Woopee, Ive got my own tree, and it feeds us, our two grown up children with some left over for the neighbours. This year we are popular.
Should have bought a coffee..
Why stop at avocados , why not ban exports of milk powder so we get cheaper milk , no more lamb sent overseas so we can all eat lamb for a pittance , no more timber so we can all build and live in log cabins , nor more wool so we can make our own cheap clothes . In fact why export anything . I am sure other countries will just send their products to us for free so we can build our own cars and TVs and computers and ... Do you have to buy an avocado at $6.00 or can you wait until they become in season at a more reasonable price.
I dont see how being a small market would mean exporters avoid us. If the exporters are getting more per container load than larger markets then Im sure they would spend some time filling out a couple more forms.
Too right.. theyre cheap here in Sydney, and getting cheaper. Now two for $3 at the local greengrocer, even better deals at the supermarket.
Picked up new season avos for 1,99 this week in ChCh - not large but finally coming down in price.
Phytosanitary requirements (plant health biosecurity) differ for every country and take time to both negotiate and then set up systems to be able to meet. Avocado are a fruit fly host and Chile and Mexico both have fruit fly of different kinds. So even if we were a market we might not be worth the trouble. Does look like Chile will get fruit into Australia - they already export other fruit fly host material there so have existing treatment pathways - so that may not be good for our exports.
Ah supply and demand. We control the supply....and we can demand you pay lots :-)
Plant an Avocado tree ( or two) in your backyard and share them with your neighbours in your street. Each mature Avocado tree produces up to 200 Avocados.
I saw a second hand Honda next to a new BMW. Different prices. We are getting ripped off by Honda......or does that make as much sense as your post?
Switch to something else. People can live on other food. Otherwise insist on getting overseas avos in the low season. Its time our market open up to competition. Which of these actions is easier to achieve?
Or if you bothered to read the entire article - that avos are biennial bearing and this year sees a very small crop compared with last years.
Article says exports to China started this year and funnily enough they now cost kiwis $7 each and there's a shortage. Just another in the long list of things that the average joe can no longer afford thanks to this supposed free trade that would benefit the country.
At local supermarket, medium sized avocado was $6. Beside it large imported pineapple was $3. As always, Kiwis are being ripped off. Perhaps its time for an export ban for avocados.
Simple. Dont buy them at those prices.
My work has 3 for $5 at the moment and all of them are green.
I have a tree that produces year round it cost $29, took me 5 minutes to plant aND I dont have to complain about avocado prices or quality
#RipOffNz
Take it back and get a refund or a replacement.Unless kiwis start doing this, the quality of our fruit and vege will just get worse and worse.
Woopee, Ive got my own tree, and it feeds us, our two grown up children with some left over for the neighbours. This year we are popular.
Should have bought a coffee..
Why stop at avocados , why not ban exports of milk powder so we get cheaper milk , no more lamb sent overseas so we can all eat lamb for a pittance , no more timber so we can all build and live in log cabins , nor more wool so we can make our own cheap clothes . In fact why export anything . I am sure other countries will just send their products to us for free so we can build our own cars and TVs and computers and ... Do you have to buy an avocado at $6.00 or can you wait until they become in season at a more reasonable price.
I dont see how being a small market would mean exporters avoid us. If the exporters are getting more per container load than larger markets then Im sure they would spend some time filling out a couple more forms.
Too right.. theyre cheap here in Sydney, and getting cheaper. Now two for $3 at the local greengrocer, even better deals at the supermarket.
Picked up new season avos for 1,99 this week in ChCh - not large but finally coming down in price.
Phytosanitary requirements (plant health biosecurity) differ for every country and take time to both negotiate and then set up systems to be able to meet. Avocado are a fruit fly host and Chile and Mexico both have fruit fly of different kinds. So even if we were a market we might not be worth the trouble. Does look like Chile will get fruit into Australia - they already export other fruit fly host material there so have existing treatment pathways - so that may not be good for our exports.
Ah supply and demand. We control the supply....and we can demand you pay lots :-)
Plant an Avocado tree ( or two) in your backyard and share them with your neighbours in your street. Each mature Avocado tree produces up to 200 Avocados.
I saw a second hand Honda next to a new BMW. Different prices. We are getting ripped off by Honda......or does that make as much sense as your post?
Switch to something else. People can live on other food. Otherwise insist on getting overseas avos in the low season. Its time our market open up to competition. Which of these actions is easier to achieve?
Or if you bothered to read the entire article - that avos are biennial bearing and this year sees a very small crop compared with last years.