Ecuadorian mango will arrive in South Korea

Published 2024년 4월 30일

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Ecuador has received approval from South Korea's APQA to export fresh mangoes to the country, opening up a new market for the South American nation. The export will be done under hydrothermal treatment, which was approved by the APQA after verifying the method in Ecuador in 2022. The Phytosanitary and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control Agency of Ecuador (Agrocalidad) will oversee the implementation of the required phytosanitary measures. With this, Ecuador hopes to increase its mango exports, which last season reached close to 28 thousand tons. South Korea is the 59th market to which Ecuador will export fresh mangoes, and the product will initially face a 30% tariff, which will be reduced progressively under the Strategic Economic Cooperation Agreement (SECA) until it reaches 0 in 10 years.

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Ecuador received official notification from the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA) of South Korea to export fresh mango to that country, after the phytosanitary negotiations were successfully concluded. The agreement established that shipments will be made under hydrothermal treatment, which was requested and approved by the APQA. It should be remembered that South Korean authorities visited Ecuador in 2022 to verify the method. “The Phytosanitary and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control Agency (Agrocalidad) of Ecuador with the mango producing and exporting sector implements the phytosanitary measures required by APQA for the export of the fruit, as well as the registration of orchards and export packing houses, processing plants. hydrothermal treatment and integrated management for the 14 regulated pests,” Agrocalidad detailed. With the opening of the South Korean market, the South American country hopes to increase the amount of mangoes sent abroad. Last season Ecuador ...

Source: MXfruit