date:May 05, 2014
said Correa, and the situation in Ukraine is something we continue to monitor. While he hopes strained relations between the United States and Russia over Ukraine don't result in trade sanctions that could affect pear shipments, he acknowledges that could happen. That would be unfortunate, considering that Russia is the third-largest market for U.S. pears, which would make American producers feel the loss of the European market more acutely.
Europe used to be such a good market for us, said Co