Zespri has been crowned Exporter of the Year.
Zespri was awarded the Supreme Award and Exporter of the Year at the AmCham-DHL Express Success and Innovation Awards last night.
Chief operating officer Simon Limmer said the company was growing strongly across North America, with most of this growth coming from the new gold variety Zespri SunGold.
"On behalf of our colleagues and partners in the States, we are thrilled that the hard work that has gone in to relaunch Zespri Kiwifruit across the US has been recognised like this," he said.
"These awards are particularly special to us as they comes just days after we officially opened our office in California to service the Americas region, with around 10 people working from the new site."
Mr Limmer said the New Zealand kiwifruit industry has a goal of more than doubling sales to $4.5 billion by 2025.
"An important part of that growth will come from developing markets like North America, as well as building sales in our more established markets," he said.