date:Mar 15, 2013
A Free Trade Agreement negotiated five years ago reduced tariffs on most Australian products, but not table grapes.
The harvest is underway in the Sunraysia of Victoria, but now, fruit arriving in Thailand will cost consumers more.
Table grape exporter David Minnis says exports of tablegrapes to Thailand have halved in four years.
We're left with an FTA that is less than satisfying and as a result of Thailand joining the WTO and signing off on quarantine and phytosanitary agreements, it's bec