Apple and pear seasons

Apple and pear seasons

JAKARTA (JP): Australian fruit exporters are here to promote the 1996 Australian apple and pear seasons which will start in three weeks.

A preseason launching dinner was held on Thursday at the Grand Hyatt by the Australian Apple and Pear Growers Association, Australian Horticultural Corporation and Australian Horticultural Exporters Association. Some 100 Indonesian fruit importers and wholesalers were invited to the dinner.

Brian Hall, marketing manager for the Australian Horticultural Corporation, said his country expected to export at least 4,087 tons of apples and pears.

An Indonesian retailer asking for anonymity told The Jakarta Post that it sometimes took up to four weeks for fruit imports from southern Australia to reach Jakarta.

Australian fruit importers, however, see Indonesia as a large and rapidly growing market.

Tim Reid, president of Tasfresh International Pty. Ltd, believed that Indonesians have a better understanding of good nutritional values and have healthier eating habits compared to Australians who prefer to eat red meat. (14)