MIAMI: PORT OF ENTRANCE OF FRESH FRUITS
MIAMI:
PORT OF ENTRANCE OF FRESH FRUITS
The
US organic fruit market is huge and very important for organic exporters from South
America due to the counterseasonality. Although the news release commented
below does not refer necessarily to the trading of organic fruits it would be
completely applicable to them.
GOOD START FOR THE PERUVIAN
PILOT PROGRAM THROUGH THE PORT OF MIAMI. (from an article in
Portalfruticola.com [contacto@portalfruticola.com], Jan. 6, 2014)
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fotofrontera.org
The article mentions the
fresh fruit import program through the Port of Miami, whose first success was
the case of fresh grapes from Peru.
Bill
Johnson, director of the Port of Miami, comments to portalfruticola.com that
the shipments “begin the cold treatemnt one or two days before departure and
stop in Panama for a week where the cold treatment is completed. When they are
sure that the cold treatment has been completed, they inform the USDA and
forward the fruit to Miami”. “This is becasue Florida allows the reception of grapes with cold treatment in Peru, which is completed before entering Florida. It is the same protocol used in California”, Johnson added.
The protocol allows also blackberries and citrics from Uruguay, and Port Everglades also appears to be an alternative port of entrance. And Customized Brokers, of Crowley, that was also involved in the creation of the program, recently presented a list of countries and specific products that can be considered for the program. Argentina is included in the list with fresh grapes, blackberries, strawberries, apples, pears, plums, mandarines, oranges, peaches, apricots, cherries, kiwis and nectarines, pointing out that they would be open to other suggestions.
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