date:May 05, 2014
Though increasing production of pears in Europe has caused U.S. pear shipments to Europe to decline in the past several years, recent EU regulations are likely to reduce those shipments to zero.
We're looking at potentially not having a commercial pear program in Europe this upcoming season, said Jeff Correa, international marketing director for Pear Bureau Northwest. Increasing competition from European pear growers had been cutting into the market share for American pear growers, with U.S. pe