The Bangor Daily News covered the visit by a group of leading Chinese businessmen to “blueberry growers and processors, a halibut aquaculture firm and lobster harvesters and processors” at the invitation of Independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler. The tour shows the export potential for Maine’s products:

“We’re looking to expand our business to export markets,” said Thomas Gardner, Wyman’s vice president for sales and marketing, whose business card has one side printed in Chinese. “The No. 1 target is China.”

Gardner said the company, which had annual sales of $70 million in 2009, made its first trip to China in May and received “very high” interest from some potential import partners.

“We were very encouraged from that trip,” Gardner said. “We were very excited. This is a major customer.”

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