New research has revealed pipfruit export growth is outstripping national export growth

The industry contributed just under two-billion-dollars to New Zealand's economy last year.

Export value increased from 347-million in 2012, to more than 892-million in 2023.

Apple and Pears chairperson Lesley Wilson says the regional impacts are huge.

She says they're the third-highest contributor to Hawke's Bay's GDP, second in Tasman, and Gisborne is also third largest growing region.