date:Nov 30, 2012
Indonesia's fresh fruit industry has succeeded in sending product to the Australian market for the first time, with boxes of mangosteens arriving on Thursday.
The growers haven't been able to sell their produce until now, mainly because of Australia's strict quarantine standards.
The consignment of one ton of the tropical mangosteen fruit arrives by air in Sydney, in what the export company hopes is the start of a bigger trade.
Banun Harpini, the Head of the Indonesian Quarantine Agency, says