date:May 05, 2014
in fruit bins, so we don't think we can send any fruit to Europe. To make up for the drop in exports to Europe, the Northwest Pear industry is going to increase its focus on a mix of markets that includes Latin America, Asia, Brazil, India, China and Russia. While China is promising, because the potential for growth is great considering shipments of pears only began arriving there last year, India and Russia could prove more difficult.
Growth is limited in India because of high tariffs there,