Customs issues quarantine requirements for Brazilian grapes, requiring at least 15 days of cold treatment

Published 2024년 12월 5일

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The USDA report reveals Brazil as the world's fourth-largest producer of fresh grapes, with production estimated to remain steady in the coming years. Despite being a large consumer, Brazil's export volumes are low. The report highlights Brazil's unique grape varieties and notes that 70% of grapes for export are sourced from Pernambuco State. China is among the importing countries, requiring specific conditions for importing Brazilian grapes, including quarantine pest management, compliance with Good agricultural practices (GAP) and integrated pest management (IPM), sanitary conditions in packaging and cold storage facilities, and cold treatment measures to prevent fruit flies.

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The "World Fresh Apple, Grape and Pear Market and Trade Report" released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the beginning of the year showed that Brazil is the world's fourth largest producer of fresh grapes, with production of about 1.748 million tons in the 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 seasons, and the production in the 2023/24 season is expected to remain the same. However, Brazil's domestic grape consumption is large and its export volume is small. In terms of varieties, in addition to Red Globe, Thompson, Crimson Red and other varieties that are also produced in large quantities in other countries, Brazil has some unique varieties, such as the black seedless grape BRS Vitória with raspberry flavor and the BRS Nubia and BRS Isis with balanced sweetness and sourness. The Brazilian grape export season is from January to July each year. 70% of the country's fresh grapes for export are produced in Pernambuco State, most of which come from Vale do Sao Francisco. Francisco). ...

Source: Foodmate