date:Mar 25, 2019
African pear exporters have, generally speaking, one strategy in mind at the moment and that is to avoid the European market where Conference pears and the previous season's Italian Abate Fetel pears are still on the market. Europe has been very difficult terrain, says a producer, with a very bumpy transition between European and Southern Hemisphere fruit. Receivers in Europe have notified exporters to hang on their pears a bit longer and some exporters are looking to alternative markets.
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