date:Feb 07, 2014
Pacific Northwest pears are logging record shipments at good prices despite a record large crop of a bit lesser quality.
Sales to the new market of China have exceeded expectations at 160,000 boxes and may grow another 10,000 boxes, said Kevin Moffitt, president of The Pear Bureau Northwest in Portland.
Season-to-date, as of Jan. 31, 14.2 million, 44-pound boxes of Northwest pears have been sold domestically and overseas compared with 13.3 million a year earlier and 12.4 million two years ago.