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South African growers and exporters are more than ready to serve the Chinese market, Hortgro, the governing body of the South African Deciduous Fruit Industry, said yesterday as it announced that South African pears now have access to China, joining South African apples there. The pear protocol was signed and access agreed upon by the Chinese Minister of General Administration of Customs China in November 2021 after Covid restrictions had held up the signing of the protocol for over a year.