@273kelvin That's only a couple of thousand miles. I was interested to learn recently that the longest flight is Sydney to Houston at about 8000 miles over the Pacific and then USA.

@Jonado Vegetable stalls in the city add to the mixture. In the heat the slow decay of fruit meld in with all the rest.

@Lincoln55 Why not. We get beer from Germany, Sweden, Mexico, USA, Italy, Belgium,U.K., Ireland, ...

@Jonado Any fruit and vegetable producer or good cook will tell you that most produce loses flavour if refrigerated. The problem is not the heat but greedy producers and vendors who do not work on achieving supply equal to demand preferring over supply, over pricing and consequent wastage.
Refrigerated, pah! Compare when refrigeration was invented as opposed to storing winter ice against the age of humanity and length of time that fresh produce markets have existed.
Go to places like Nepal where not many years ago it was common practice to slaughter the animal in the street, butcher and display the cut meat on the footpath and have it all sold before lunchtime.

@Lincoln55 Sometimes distance does not matter. It depends on product demand and individuality. We have many wines that were once called by their European names but were actually grown and produced locally. The Eurooean original still sold here and in some instances the Australian variety was shipped over there.
But yes economically it does not make sense to add 2400 miles shipping costs but again there are many other factors to consider like maintaining skilled workforce in the face a loss of local market share loss, creating factory viability through turnover at at marginal profit ....

@Lincoln55 Sometimes distance does not matter. It depends on product demand and individuality. We have many wines that were once called by their European names but were actually grown and produced locally. The Eurooean original still sold here and in some instances the Australian variety was shipped over there.
But yes economically it does not make sense to add 2400 miles shipping costs but again there are many other factors to consider like maintaining skilled workforce in the face a loss of local market share loss, creating factory viability through turnover at at marginal profit ....