Argentina: Santiago del Estero exports 685 tons of alfalfa to China

By Redacción PortalPortuario.cl, @PortalPortuario, The National Service of Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa) of Argentina, certified the first export of bales of dehydrated alfalfa produced in Santiago del Estero to China. A total of 685 tons of this merchandise were mobilized. According to Senasa, the product was shipped in 22 containers at the Port of Buenos Aires and will be unloaded in the Chinese ports of Huangpu (135 tons), Qingdao (240 tons), Dalian (210 tons) and Xingang (100 tons). Based on the phytosanitary requirements agreed between the Argentine authorities and those of the Asian giant, agents of the Plant Protection area of the Senasa Office took samples of the alfalfa and sent them to a laboratory to carry out 11 analyzes, which managed to determine that the Consignment shipped is free of insects, microorganisms, and weeds., In this context, José Luque, Director of the NOA South Regional Center of Senasa, indicated that "the beginning of the export of alfalfa to ...