Expansion of Export Agreement with China Highlighted by Chilean Agricultural Service

"Today, we are quite mature in our relationship with China, and there is closeness, trust, we know each other mutually, and we are moving forward on agreements and protocols," the official said in an interview with Xinhua. Guajardo participated in the latest tour to the Asian country by Chilean President Gabriel Boric in May of this year, where the Minister of Agriculture, Esteban Valenzuela, was also present and signed three new agreements to expand agricultural exports to China. The signed documents include the expansion of the poultry protocol and two new protocols: one for wool exports and another for untreated hides and skins from cattle, sheep, and goats. Guajardo also highlighted discussions about fruit fly quarantines to reduce the movement or quarantine ratio of this insect from 27.2 to 7.2 kilometers for the Asian country. The national director of SAG clarified that Chile is "one of the few countries in America free of fruit fly" and has had successful quarantine ...