The 2020 national lockdown happened right before the start of the persimmon industry's harvest - just as growers were starting to send fruit samples for pre-harvest residue testing. Air freight, which is for the majority of our early season sales, was hit hard by availability and therefore price, but also apparent low priority. Exporters were consistently having consignments at the start of the season bumped from flights. Far from optimal cool chain management for perishable products.
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