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A Shanghai Court has upheld the findings against Zespri's China-based subsidiary and one of the subsidiary's employees, relating to the under-declaration of customs duties on imports into Shanghai of New Zealand kiwifruit between 2008 and 2010.

Zespri will allocate 1130ha of licences for the more Psa-tolerant gold kiwifruit cultivar Gold3 to its growers in 2013, as the next step in the Psa recovery pathway – 288ha more than planned.

The 2013 New Zealand kiwifruit season has already set records for the best-tasting Zespri Kiwifruit ever.

A China-based subsidiary company of Zespri has pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal smuggling related to alleged under-declaration of customs duties by independent importers in a Shanghai court yesterday.

Zespri will release 2068ha of Gold3, a commercialised kiwifruit variety with tolerance to Psa, as the next stage of its recovery pathway from the devastating vine disease.

The global Kiwifruit Vine Health/ZESPRI Psa Research and Development Programme, has been boosted with a significant sponsorship from leading rural bank, ANZ National.

Zespri this week released the start of a recovery pathway from the devastating vine-killing disease Psa involving the wide-scale release of a newly commercialised gold kiwifruit variety, known as Gold3.

Zespri has announced a possible recovery pathway from the devastating vine disease, Psa, which would see a broad-scale release of a new gold variety, known as Gold3 over the next three years.

ANGER AT Zespri marketing mistakes and Government responses to the Psa-V crisis reached boiling point last week with a grower-organised meeting at the Te Puke hall on Friday.