State's table-grape industry shipping rises 7%


Posted at 08:03 PM
Thursday, Mar. 03, 2011
The Fresno Bee

California winemakers have successfully pruned some labeling regulations they feared could hurt business, following a long behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign.

California's table-grape industry shipped nearly 100 million boxes of grapes in 2010, up 7% from the previous year, according to the Fresno-based California Table Grape Commission.

The total value of last year's crop was $1.3 billion, with nearly half of that value coming from exports.

Last year, the industry exported grapes to 62 countries.

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