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By Mary Goode
Thursday, 10/07/2008
The Japanese government has told Sunraysia citrus growers that they'll have to wait until next year to be accredited fruit-fly free. The Victorian growers were hoping the Japanese would grant them seasonal-area-freedom by mid-July.But Japanese officials have indicated that it's a case of one at a time, and market access for Tasmanian cherries would come first.CEO of the Murray Valley Citrus Board John Tesoriero says "they indicated that unless Australia asked Japan to change it's priority, it's default position would be to deal with cherries first because it was well advanced.They then indicated by dealing with cherries first, it would mean our application to have area freedom from fruit fly into Japanbe put back until June 2009."Mr Tesoriero says area-freedom would mean significant benefits to the region."If you look at last year as an example, Australia exported around 15,500 tonnes of citrus into Japan. If you look at Sunraysia we only exported 1900 tonnes of that total. The majority of that export came out of South Australia. Now we'd be look in time, under area-freedom to certainly balance that out so it was equal between South Australia and the greater Sunraysia."
In this report: CEO of the Murray Valley Citrus Board John Tesoriero.
Thursday, 10/07/2008
The Japanese government has told Sunraysia citrus growers that they'll have to wait until next year to be accredited fruit-fly free. The Victorian growers were hoping the Japanese would grant them seasonal-area-freedom by mid-July.But Japanese officials have indicated that it's a case of one at a time, and market access for Tasmanian cherries would come first.CEO of the Murray Valley Citrus Board John Tesoriero says "they indicated that unless Australia asked Japan to change it's priority, it's default position would be to deal with cherries first because it was well advanced.They then indicated by dealing with cherries first, it would mean our application to have area freedom from fruit fly into Japanbe put back until June 2009."Mr Tesoriero says area-freedom would mean significant benefits to the region."If you look at last year as an example, Australia exported around 15,500 tonnes of citrus into Japan. If you look at Sunraysia we only exported 1900 tonnes of that total. The majority of that export came out of South Australia. Now we'd be look in time, under area-freedom to certainly balance that out so it was equal between South Australia and the greater Sunraysia."
In this report: CEO of the Murray Valley Citrus Board John Tesoriero.
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