date:Oct 23, 2012
to the 2011/2012 season, and is estimated to grow another 10% to 3.9mil eqv. cartons this season. August Red makes a substantial contribution to this growth, with Alpine not estimated at much higher volumes than the previous season.
Export volumes for plums have been growing significantly the past couple of seasons, and the coming season is not estimated to be any different. With exports estimated to be around 10mil eqv. cartons (5.25kg) these volumes have grown 5% from the previous season. Lae