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August 7th, 2013 
Peter Nolan
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Mainland cherry growers could be able to export cherries to China as early as this season.
Tasmanian growers sent their first shipment of cherries to China last year, but mainland growers were excluded because their fruit is exposed to Queensland fruit fly.
Andrew Gartrell, from the New South Wales Cherry Growers Association, says government talks are underway in Canberra this week to try to finalise a deal.
“Talking around the data and the reality of a workable air freight protocol, which may include fumigation or a radiation,” he said.
“Something a bit different to the cold treatment protocols which have dogged current discussions and we should get some feedback from that over the next few days.
“It’s not impossible that the growers may access the market this season but probably, more realistically, (in) one to two years we would have access to that market.”
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Source Article from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-07/mainland-cherries-could-soon-be-exported-to-china/4872006
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