CANBERRA: Australia’s Agriculture Department has told Pacific Beat it’s working behind the scenes to try and overturn PNG’s ban on vegetable imports. Australian growers sold almost $AUS4 million worth of vegetables to PNG last year.
The Australian Department wants the ban removed as soon as possible. It was announced with little warning last Wednesday. The Department says it will apply until bio-security rules are set up for affected products.
Michael Coote, from the AusVeg group representing Australian vegetable growers, says the ban came as a shock to the local industry.
