China-Australia relations: some Chinese importers shying away from Tasmanian cherries ahead of Lunar New Year

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[unable to retrieve full-text content]At the Jiangnan wholesale market in Guangzhou, China, a batch of Tasmanian cherries arrived from Australia last week in a poor state, with many of them cracked and swollen.Importers said rain in Tasmania had ruined a portion of this season’s cherry harvest from the island state, which produces some of the most popular Australian cherries. Rain during cherry season can soak into the fruit, and when the weather warms they expand and start to crack or even rot.The timing could not have been worse…

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