date:Feb 07, 2014
uld reach 300,000 in three years.
Chinese like red pears, which are almost sold out but 60 percent of what theyve been taking are green pears which leads Moffitt to say the market is good for 170,000 boxes this season. Of green varieties, Bosc normally is available into May and d Anjou into July or August.
The Northwests No. 1 export market, Mexico, is up 21 percent from a year ago at 1.6 million boxes as of Jan. 31. Canada, No. 2, is down 12 percent at 1 million and Russia, No. 3, is up 67 pe