Western Bay of Plenty growers have welcomed a Serious Fraud Office investigation into Zespri and are cautiously optimistic it will find "nothing untoward".
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confirmed this week it was investigating Zespri but would not reveal details.
Earlier this year a Zespri subsidiary was found guilty of being an accessory to under-declaring Customs duties by a Chinese court, which fined the unit $960,000, sentenced its employee to five years' imprisonment, and ruled gains of $11.6million should be repaid. It lost an appeal of the ruling in July.
Papamoa grower Rob Thode said he welcomed the investigation.
"It will be good because it will give growers a proper independent look into things, which we could really do with. It's just a reassurance thing that everything is okay, that there is nothing untoward."