At a meeting in La Moneda, Chilean Fruits asks President Boric to reinforce Visa Mercosur, the opening of new markets, and strengthen phytosanitary controls

The union also thanked the Head of State for all the support to achieve the implementation of the Systems Approach protocol for shipments of fumigation-free table grapes to the United States. In a meeting at the Palacio de La Moneda with the President of the Republic of Chile, Gabriel Boric Font; the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alberto van Klaveren; the Minister of Agriculture, Esteban Valenzuela and the national director of SAG, José Guajardo; the president of Frutas de Chile, Iván Marambio, together with the general manager of the entity, Miguel Canala-Echeverría, presented a series of key matters to promote the development of the country's fruit sector, which this 2024 hopes to close with exports of around US$ 6 billion. The first measure requested was the reinforcement of the Mercosur Visa to facilitate the entry of Bolivian workers. “Considering that fruit growing is an important economic pillar for the country, which generates approximately 600 thousand jobs, and which has ...