date:Sep 30, 2013
2 containers will leave from Genoa on 2nd October, and another one will leave from La Spezia on the 9th, announces Francesco Bassi, deputy director of Agrintesa, about the first shipping of Abate pears to the US. Other shipments should follow in a month's time, when the Usda-Aphis inspector will be back for checks.
The procedure for exports towards the US was demanding throughout the whole chain, from fields to packaging, and it was constantly monitored by the American inspectors.
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