| Country | Production (tonnes) |
Footnote | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 415 877 | |||
| New Zealand | 378 500 | F | ||
| Chile | 229 000 | F | ||
| Greece | 116 310 | |||
| France | 70 422 | |||
| Iran | 34 200 | F | ||
| Japan | 29 900 | F | ||
| United States | 29 665 | |||
| Turkey | 26 554 | |||
| Spain | 23 100 | |||
| World | 1 388 158 | A | ||
| No symbol = official figure, F = FAO estimate A = May include official, semi-official or estimated data Source: UN FAO |
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Over 70% of kiwi production is in Italy, New Zealand, and Chile. Italy produces roughly 10% more kiwifruit than New Zealand, and Chile produces 40% less. With these three main production centers kiwifruit is produced for worldwide consumption roughly all year long.
In Italy the infrastructure and techniques required to support grape production have been adapted to the kiwifruit. This coupled with being very close to the European kiwifruit market led to Italians becoming the leading producer of kiwifruit. The growing season of Italian kiwifruit does not overlap much with the New Zealand or the Chilean growing seasons, therefore direct competition between New Zealand or Chile was not much of a factor.
Until recently China was not a major producing country of kiwifruit, as kiwifruit was traditionally collected from the wild. In China, it is grown mainly in the mountainous area upstream of the Yangtze River as well as Sichuan.
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