What Are the Required Documents for Indonesian Mangosteen and the standard quality

Other than the standard export document such as, Bill of Lading (BL), Commercial Invoice & Packing list document, and COO, exporter of the mangosteen must also provide: 

1. Phytosanitary Certificate (PC) issued by the Agricultural Quarantine Agency, issued through a designated place of release;

2. Reported and submitted to the Plant Quarantine Officer at the place of release for the purposes of plant quarantine measures

3. Treatment certificate or Fumigation Certificate (if required by the destination country);

4. Packing declaration (for wooden packaging);

5. Other document requested or required by the importer or importing country 

The standard quality of mangosteen

 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

In all classes, subject to the special provisions for each class and the tolerances allowed, the mangosteen must be:

- whole

- pedicel intact and with or without calyx;

- sound, produce affected by rotting or deterioration such as to make it unfit for consumption is excluded;

- clean, practically free of any visible foreign matter;

- practically free of pests affecting the general appearance of the produce;

- practically free of damage caused by pests except netted skin fruit;

- free of abnormal external moisture, excluding condensation following removal from cold storage;

- free of any foreign smell and/or taste1

- fresh in appearance, have a shape, colour and taste characteristic of the; species;

- free of pronounced blemishes; and

- practically easy to be cut open.

2.1.1 The development and condition of the mangosteen must be such as to enable them:

- to ensure the continuation of the ripening process until they reach the appropriate degree of ripeness (the skin should be at least pink in colour

at time of harvest);

- to withstand transport and handling; and

- to arrive in satisfactory condition at the place of destination

Mangosteens are classified in three classes defined below:

Extra Class

Mangosteen in this class must be of superior quality. It must be characteristic of the variety and/or commercial type. It must be practically free of defects, with the exception of slight superficial defects such as bruising, scratches or other mechanical damage, provided these do not affect the general appearance of the produce, the quality, the keeping quality and presentation in the package.

The total area affected shall not exceed 10% of the total surface

Yellowish latex stains on the fruit surface shall not exceed 5% by number or weight of the delivered lot.

Class I

Mangosteen in this class must be of good quality. It must be characteristic of the variety and/or commercial type. The following defects, however, may be allowed, provided these do not affect the general appearance of the produce, the quality, the keeping quality and presentation in the package:

- slight defects in shape;

- slight defects on the peel such as bruising, scratches or other

mechanical damage. The total area affected shall not exceed 30% of the total surface

Yellowish latex stains on the fruit surface shall not exceed 10% by number or weight of the delivered lot.

Class II

This class includes mangosteen which do not qualify for inclusion in the higher classes, but satisfy the minimum requirements. The following may be allowed, provided the mangosteen retains their essential characteristics as regards the quality, the keeping quality and presentation:

- defects in shape;

- defects on the peel such as bruising, scratches or other mechanical damage. The total area affected shall not exceed 30% of the total

surface.

Yellowish latex stains on the fruit surface shall not exceed 20% by number or weight of the delivered lot.

SIZES

Size is determined by the weight or the diameter of the equatorial section of the fruit, in accordance with the following table: