Fresh fruit from Vietnam for New Zealand

Vietnamese fresh fruit for importers in New Zealand, with the import health standards of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), food importer and labelling rules, routes and seasons in one place. New Zealand only admits fruits that have an import health standard for Vietnam, so we only list those fruits, and we mark the fruits we confirm with you before the first shipment. Open a fruit below: New Zealand, the port and the carton are already selected on the product page and in the quotation form.

Ready to ship to New Zealand

Cartons and routes are indicative and confirmed with each quotation. Dragon fruit is vapour heat treated in Vietnam before export. Other New Zealand ports are quoted on request.

Ask us before the first shipment

These fruits are allowed into New Zealand, but Vietnam ships them there in smaller volumes, and each lot needs an irradiation or heat treatment slot, a registered orchard and packhouse, or a processor and brand already assessed by MPI. We confirm supply and the current requirements with you before the first lot.

Our seedless lime is Tahitian lime (Citrus latifolia), one of the lime species named in the New Zealand export plan. Easy-open young coconut is shipped only under a processor and brand on MPI's list of approved processed commodities for Vietnam.

What New Zealand requires

• Only fruits with an import health standard for Vietnam can enter. All fresh fruit and vegetables are prohibited entry into New Zealand unless they are covered by a valid MPI import health standard. From Vietnam these are today mango, dragon fruit, rambutan, lime, lemon and pomelo. Every consignment needs a phytosanitary certificate from Vietnam's Plant Protection Department with the additional declarations set by MPI; before certifying, the Plant Protection Department samples and inspects each lot, typically 600 fruits per lot.
• Dragon fruit: the MPI standard covers Hylocereus species, so both white and red dragon fruit. The fruit is vapour heat treated in Vietnam under the official assurance programme between MPI and Vietnam, until the core of the fruit reaches at least 46.5 °C for at least 40 minutes. The temperature and duration are written on the phytosanitary certificate.
• Mango: all mango varieties (Mangifera indica) are covered. Before export the fruit is either irradiated at a minimum dose of 400 Gy (maximum 1,000 Gy) or vapour heat treated at a pulp temperature of 46.5 °C for at least 30 minutes or 47 °C for at least 20 minutes, under the official assurance programme. The treatment details are written on the phytosanitary certificate.
• Lime and pomelo: opened on 15 November 2022 under the export plan signed by Vietnam and New Zealand. Orchards and packhouses are registered with codes by Vietnam's Plant Protection Department and notified to New Zealand, orchards apply pest management, and the fruit is washed and brushed after harvest. The fruit is irradiated in Vietnam, and the phytosanitary certificate carries the two additional declarations set out in the export plan.
• Young coconut: there is no fresh-fruit import health standard for coconut from Vietnam. Polished young coconuts (de-haired and de-husked) can enter as an approved processed commodity, but only from the processors and brands MPI has assessed; the cartons carry the MPI-agreed brand and each consignment comes with a manufacturer's certificate.
• Packing and inspection on arrival: packaging must be clean and free from soil. Fruit fly host fruit is shipped in pest-proof packages sealed with a label of the exporting authority that traces to the phytosanitary certificate. MPI inspects a sample from each lot on arrival; lots with regulated pests are treated, re-sorted, reshipped or destroyed, depending on the pest.
• Registered food importer: all food for sale, including fresh fruit, must be imported by a food importer registered with MPI, or through an agent who is registered. A registered food importer is resident in New Zealand and has a New Zealand Customs client code.
• Labelling: fresh fruit sold at retail in New Zealand must show its country of origin, such as "Grown in Vietnam", in English or Māori, on the fruit, the packaging or a sign next to it. Irradiated fruit must be labelled as treated with ionising radiation, also when it is sold loose. Carton text is agreed in the sales contract.
• Free trade agreements: Vietnam and New Zealand are both parties to AANZFTA, CPTPP and RCEP. Under CPTPP, the certification of origin has no set form but must contain the minimum data set out in the agreement. Please confirm duty and GST with your customs broker.
• Commercial invoice, packing list and bill of lading are sent in advance as scans.

Routes from Vietnam indicative

Seasons and peak demand

• All year: dragon fruit, seedless lime, pomelo and young coconut.
• Seasonal: Keo, Tuong and R2E2 mango supply is confirmed with each quotation.
• Lunar New Year falls on 6 February 2027 and the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15 September 2027. Dragon fruit and pomelo for these festivals ship several weeks before them by sea: please tell us your shipping week early.

Fruit not yet on our New Zealand list

Fresh rambutan from Vietnam is also allowed into New Zealand, with irradiation, but it is not on our New Zealand list today: ask us and we will check supply and the shipping window before the first shipment. Trimmed young coconut with its husk on and mature coconuts are not on the New Zealand pathway for Vietnam that we found, so we offer polished easy-open young coconut instead. Longan, lychee, durian, jackfruit, papaya, banana, guava, passion fruit and seedless watermelon from Vietnam are not among the fruits with a New Zealand import health standard for Vietnam that we found, so we do not offer them for New Zealand.

How to get a quotation

Open a fruit above and press Request a quote: New Zealand, the port and the carton are already filled in. We reply within 1 business day and send a firm quotation, by email and WhatsApp, within 2 business days once size and quantity are confirmed. First orders: by sea, 50 % T/T deposit on the Proforma Invoice and 50 % against scanned shipping documents; by air, 50 % deposit and the balance before the flight; trial lots, 100 % T/T before documents are released.