Vero Beach, Florida, USA – Seald Sweet will be importing citrus from Australia this summer, into the port of Long Beach, CA, beginning the first week of August. This move adds further growth to the company’s well-established summer citrus programs.
“This is a great opportunity for Seald Sweet to expand our current product supply of premium citrus and to continue growing our summer citrus programs,” says Dave Brocksmith, Seald Sweet’s category manager for Australian citrus. “We have a long history of receiving premium citrus on the East coast from South Africa, Chile and Peru and we can now expand our offerings to our customers on the west coast.”
Seald Sweet’s Australian programs are primarily with a fresh citrus growing operation whose principals have over thirty years of experience in Australian citrus exports and fresh fruit and vegetable production. Located in the Mildura region, the operation currently has over 1,500 hectares of citrus production.
The first product arrivals are due to arrive around August 3rd and will continue into October.
Following last week’s announcement of the USDA ruling allowing Uruguayan citrus to be imported into the US, this news adds further expansion to the company’s year-round citrus programs.
Source: Seald Sweet
