World Horticultural Trade and U. S. Export Opportunities

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Excerpt from World Horticultural Trade and U. S. Export Opportunities: July 2000The (march 2000 February 2001) raisin crop is expected to rise by 48 percent to tons. Recent developments in production techniques, such as trellis drying, are driving this increase in production. At the same time, winemakers, which had been purchasing sultana grapes for the production of certain types of wine, have greatly reduced their intake of sultana varieties. This alone is expected to increase the supply of raisins by to tons. Despite this increase, raisin production is still not expected to reach the record level achieved in Raisin production in was changed from tons to tons in line with revised industry estimates. Unfavorable weather during 1 99 8/ 99 led to a 43 percent decline in production compared to 1997/ 98.Exports during are expected to reach tons, up 87 percent from as a result of the larger than expected raisin crop. Raisin exports fell in by 63 percent to tons due to a sharp reduction in production. The major export markets in were Canada, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Japan. Raisin imports increased 11 percent in to tons, but with greater production expected in raisin imports are forecast to decline by 10 percent to 1 tons. Turkey continues to be the largest supplier of raisins in Australia, with 55 percent of the market.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.