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[Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

Something tells me that there is more politics than med fly responsible
for the clementine ban.

Here in our neck of the woods clementines sell more than any other citrus
when in season.

My guess is that the citrus growers in the US either don't like the
competition, or cannot grow enough clementines to compete.

If right, it wouldn't be the first time an industry exerted this type of
pressure on competition.  Seen it in wood and potatoes in this year alone.

Later,
Tom

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On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Erdman, Jim wrote:

> Del said:
> A web search showed in short order that Spain exports a quidzillion of
> them,and the clementine marketing board is hopng soon to blitz the
> supermarket nearest you with the little darlings.
>
> ____________________________________
>
> I just read in the St Paul, Minn., Pioneer Press newspaper that the USDA
> has
> banned import of clementines from Spain because of Med fly infestations.
> Apparantly Med flies were found on some of the oranges in a few states,
> and
> they are allowing the existing stocks to be sold in states that don't
> have a
> citrus industry, but they aren't being sold in states that have citrus
> trees.
> The ban may be lifted if the fly problem is overcome, and the ban doesn't
> affect Clementines from Israel.  Some are also grown in California.
>
> Jim, in Wisconsin
>
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