China added 8 Colombian Hass growers to authorized exporter list
Recently, the General Administration of Customs of China has expanded the list of authorized producers and processors of Colombian Hass avocados, adding 8 new growers that are allowed to export this product to China in 2021.
It is reported that to this end, the Colombian Ministry of Agriculture, ICA, Corpohass, the Avocado Association, and their approximate 15,000 registered producers worked together to ensure that their Hass avocados meet sanitary and animal and plant quarantine requirements through strict supervision.
The eight newly authorized farms are located in the provinces of Antioquia, Valle del Cauca, Risaralda, and Quindio. The General Administration of Customs of China stated that these farms “have excellent fruit fly monitoring procedures, use raw materials registered with ICA, strictly comply with the chemical withdrawal period, and the products can be traced from planting to export”.
The Peruvian foreign trade association ComexPerú, recently stated that they hope to strengthen produce exports to China, especially non-traditional categories.
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