date:Apr 25, 2013
Growers Victoria, agreed that the high Australian dollar was a big challenge for the sector.
A combination of the collapse of global markets in North America and Europe and an oversupply of canned fruit; at the same time our Australian dollar purchasing power increased, Mr Wilson told the ABC program. And unfortunately the cannery cant meet that competition on a short-term turnaround, he said.
Mr Wilson said the fruit growing sector needed a restructure program, a restructure package that has