New Zealand's Multi-Million Flower Trade in Jeopardy
New Zealands flower trade with America is worth millions of dollars and this has all been put in jeopardy after an apple moth was discovered in a shipment of flowers from South Island.
After the discover the United States banned imports of New Zealand flowers and foliage.
This decision is going to cost New Zealand’s flower industry millions of dollars.
Ed Scott, of the New Zealand Flower Exporters Association says, “Just one shipment, on one crop. It was the eggs that were found.”
Scott says, “It affects their horticulture crops and they have to spend a lot of money in their industry to eradicate it because it damages fruit.”
It is orchid growers and peony growers, who are really going to feel the weight of this decision. The orchid season midway through and peony growers ought to be exporting their flowers in a few weeks.
[Via: tvnz.co.nz]
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