AUSTRALIAN mango shipping exports to Japan and China are set to rise with a new Vapour Heat Treatment (VHT) facility at Giru in North Queensland.
The Queensland government says the VHT will help control the problem of fruit fly allowing easier access to the Asian market.
Acting Minister for Primary Industries, Fisheries and Rural and Regional Queensland Peter Lawlor says in the first week of operation at the new facility 10 tonnes of mangoes were treated and exported to customers in Japan.
The government says the first sea freight trial shipment is also set to leave Australian shores for China this month in time for the festivities of Chinese New Year.
“The opening of the new VHT facility built on the efforts of the Queensland Government over the past three seasons to develop new markets and expand existing markets,” he says.
“We expect to further boost exports in Asia with the trialling of sea freight shipments to Japan and China and continuing in-market research and monitoring of shipments.”
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