Industry acronyms
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AAL |
Avocados Australia Limited |
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AGM |
Annual General Meeting |
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AMAPWG |
Avocado Marketing and Promotions Working Group |
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Approved Handler Certificate |
HSNO requirement for handling, buying and storing some chemicals. |
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Australian retail |
Supplied direct to retailer |
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Australian wholesale |
Supplied to all other channels |
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AVANZA |
The name of a grouping of two exporters |
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AVEC |
Avocado Exporters Council |
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AvoConnect |
NZ Avocado e-bulletin |
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AvoGreen® |
An auditable avocado pest monitoring and management system |
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CEO |
Chief Executive Officer of NZ Avocado |
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CER |
Closer Economic Relations |
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Culled fruit |
Fruit that is removed from the market or the inventory and has no commercial value. |
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Commodity Levy |
Levy paid by Growers’ under the Commodity Levies (Avocados) Order 2013. |
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Contractor |
A person engaged by any person (other than as an employee) to do any work for gain or reward |
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DAWE |
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (Australia) |
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Distressed fruit |
Fruit that has been withdrawn from a market or market segment for any reason or is in a poor state |
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Current season market plan |
Volumes by market for the coming season, being Exporters estimates of their volumes, consolidated by NZ Avocado |
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EMS |
Export Marketing Strategy including as addendums the Quality Manual, AvoGreen® Manual and Spray Diary terms and conditions |
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Export systems fee |
A per tray amount payable to NZ Avocado by the Grower to enable delivery of the industry strategy. Grower approval is sought at each AGM for the maximum quantum of this fee. The export systems fee is independent of the Commodity Levy. |
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Exported |
Fruit is deemed to be exported or shipped at the point of loading product on the craft or vessel at the NZ port (air or sea) |
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Exporter |
Any person/entity exporting fresh avocado from New Zealand under a licence (or licence exemption) issued by HEA. |
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FTA |
Free Trade Agreement |
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GACC |
General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China the China border authority or Chinese customs agency. |
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Grower |
A person whose business is, or includes, the growing of avocados in New Zealand, for sale in New Zealand or export, and is a member of NZ Avocado Growers’ Association Inc. |
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Growsafe® Certificate |
Certificate authorising application of agrichemicals |
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HAB |
Hass Avocado Board |
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HIAL |
Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited |
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HEA |
New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority |
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HEA Act |
Horticulture Export Authority Act 1987 |
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HSNO Act |
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 |
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Industry plan |
Five year plan of volume by market consolidated from individual exporter’s five year plans. |
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IVA |
Independent Verification Agency |
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Market access fee |
Fee payable by exporters to support market access activities |
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MBIE |
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment |
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MFAT |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
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MPI |
Ministry for Primary Industries |
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MRL |
Maximum Residue Level |
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NZAGA |
New Zealand Avocado Growers’ Association Incorporated |
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NZAIL |
New Zealand Avocado Industry Ltd |
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NZ Avocado |
A generic term for NZAGA and NZAIL |
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OAP |
Official Assurance Programme |
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OGR |
Orchard Gate Return: financial return net of packer & exporter service charges to the avocado grower. May be expressed in terms of production area, hectares or volume of fruit in 5.5kg trays. |
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Packer |
A packhouse registered with NZ Avocado to pack avocados in New Zealand |
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PFR |
Plant & Food Research |
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PMAC |
Plant Market Access Council |
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PPIN |
Persea– Property Identification Number – can only be assigned to a single property valuation number |
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PVR Act |
Plant Variety Rights Act 1987 |
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QM |
NZ Avocado Quality Manual (Quality Manual) |
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RPG |
The Recognised Product Group (RPG) is NZAIL. Operational matters are delegated to a sub-committee of NZAIL, referred to as the RPG Committee. |
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Season |
Period beginning the Saturday of week 18 and ending the Friday of week 18 in the following year. |
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Spray diary |
NZ Avocado electronic spray diary |
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CPTPP |
Comprehensive Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership |
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TE |
Tray Equivalents: Fruit volume (kg) packed in a 5.5kg tray expressed as tray equivalent |
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Variety |
Subspecies or cultivar e.g., Hass, Reed, Lamb Hass, Gem™ |