Argentina enters Ecuador's market with its lemons and sweet citrus fruits

The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Ministry of Economy of Argentina announced the opening of the Ecuadorian market for the export of lemons and sweet citrus fruits, including Argentine oranges, mandarins and grapefruit. The work plans for these operations and the sanitary certificate for export were agreed upon in a meeting held in Buenos Aires by the president of Senasa of Argentina, Pablo Cortese, and the executive director of Agrocalidad of Ecuador, Patricio Almeida. After reporting on the completion of the pest risk analyses for lemons and sweet citrus fruits, the Ecuadorian phytosanitary agency together with its Argentine counterpart and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held a series of technical exchanges to establish the phytosanitary requirements for export. In statements to the Argentine media La Gaceta, the vice president of the Citrus Association of the Argentine Northwest (ACNOA), ...