正当巴西努力争取甜瓜对中国市场准入之时,巴西在洲际物流方面又迎来了好消息:随着巴拿马运河扩建项目接近尾声,巴西甜瓜到亚洲的运输时间将能缩短12 d之久。巴西Agricola Famosa公司生鲜产品总监路易斯·罗伯特·巴塞罗斯(Luiz Roberto Barcelos)表示,目前公司出口少量甜瓜到中国香港和新加坡,但要经过漫长的海运过程。可喜的是,今年年中巴拿马运河的扩建完成后, Just as Brazil struggled to gain access to the Chinese market for melons, Brazil welcomed the good news in intercontinental logistics: the Brazilian melon's transit to Asia will be shortened by 12 days as the Panama Canal expansion project draws to a close. Luiz Roberto Barcelos, director of fresh products at Agricola Famosa in Brazil, said the company currently exports a small amount of melons to Hong Kong, China and Singapore, but after a long shipping process. It is gratifying that after the expansion of the Panama Canal is completed by the middle of this year,