From December, domestic melons and melons will be exported to Australia after completion of quarantine negotiations

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Correspondent Shin Seon-mi = The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on the 25th that export quarantine negotiations with Australia were completed on the 22nd, and from December, domestic melons and melons can be exported to Australia. Among agricultural products, two items were added to the existing exportable items such as grapes, strawberries, onions, pears, persimmons, paprika, and grafted cacti. Melons and melons exported to Australia are grown in greenhouses, and the export period is from December when pumpkin fruit flies do not occur to May of the following year. Export quarantine requirements such as plantation quarantine, proof of absence of pumpkin fruit flies, and export sample inspection must be met. Jeong Hye-ryeon, director of international cooperation at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural ...