date:May 31, 2016
eciduous fruit with Thailand was halted after the NPPO failed to meet deadlines to apply for trade in specific fruits. Eight years of negotiations ensued and the first boxes of table grapes entered Thailand in January. Other deciduous fruit trade is still being negotiated.
South African Table Grapes CEO Willem Bestbier said the Thailand issue predated his term but said the Thai market could grow to three million cartons of the industry's 60-million carton annual production.
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