Well, like any other entrepreneurs, produce growers analyze their opportunity costs before investing in a new or existing market. The case in point right now is the export market to the United States.
Although the bankruptcy situation exists, there's another situation that I would call "latent". It's similar to what Mr. Woods explained earlier. As soon a company is in a poor financial position, produce growers can very quickly have the rug pulled out from under them.
Right now, producers considering entering the American market have three options.
The first is to reject the American market and give up potential sales to a population of 332 million, because they feel the risk is too high.
The second is to monitor the client's line of credit very closely, and as soon there appears to be an issue, or a liquidity problem, stop shipments or simply cut business ties.
The final option, which you yourself mentioned earlier, would be to accept partial payment in settlement of the debt because it's impossible to retrieve these highly perishable products.