The last charter vessel with this season's export kiwifruit crop on board leaves the Port of Tauranga this week.
Zespri says the ship is bound for Japan and marks the close of the season which is set to return more than $847 million to growers.
Grower services director of corporate Carol Ward says the company has exported nearly 102 million trays of kiwifruit this season.
Shipments of the final 10% of this year's crop will be sent on container ships, until late November.
