If you grow tomatoes in NZ for the commercial market, you should be paying a levy to TomatoesNZ . We use this levy to represent the interests of all growers in a variety of ways.

New Zealanders love fresh tomatoes. The Statistics New Zealand Household Economic Survey reported that New Zealand households spent approximately $153 million on fresh tomatoes in the year to June 2023, giving tomatoes the highest household annual spend of any individual vegetable. 

There are approximately 144 growers producing standard and specialty fresh tomatoes in New Zealand. In the financial year ending 31 March 2026, the industry had an estimated farm gate value of $177.3 million. During the same period, New Zealand exported 1,580 tonnes of fresh tomatoes, valued at $8.2 million FOB, to 15 countries and jurisdictions. Japan remains the principal export market, with fresh tomatoes also exported to Pacific and other international markets.

This website, for TomatoesNZ members and for people interested in the tomato industry, is funded from the commodity levy paid by New Zealand's commercial fresh tomato growers.