date:Feb 25, 2013
ralia, New Zealand, Europe, and South Asia. But up until this year, they couldn't import any pears from the United States. A deal between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Chinese authorities, however, has changed that.
After the agreement was reached by the Chinese and American authorities in late January to allow direct shipments of U.S. pears into China, we contacted all our pear suppliers to find out when the USDA would allow them to issue phytosanitary certificates for the pear shipme