Cherry export GLITCH

摘要

The 2009 cherry export season in Japan did not live up to the Northwest industry's expectations because of a delay in implementing a systems approach program as an alternative to fumigating the cherries. The Japanese government had agreed to allow U.S. cherry imports under a systems approach, starting on June 12. Northwest shippers were eager to ship cherries without fumigating them with methyl bromide, as they've had to do since the market opened more than 30 years ago. They were confident it wouldresult in better quality cherries on the market. Jim Archer, manager of Northwest Fruit Exporters, said that 850 growers with a total of 25,000 acres of cherries enrolled in the Japan export program intending to use the systems approach.