South Korean paprika arrives in the Philippines for the first time by air cargo

Published 2024년 7월 10일

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The Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Quarantine Headquarters in South Korea has announced its first export of domestically produced paprika to the Philippines, a move that took 11 months of negotiations. The export, which includes 360 kg of paprika, will be transported by air cargo, marking the first time paprika can be exported via this method to the Philippines. The Quarantine Headquarters will continue to negotiate and discover new markets for agricultural products like domestic paprika.

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The Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Quarantine Headquarters (Director Kim Jeong-hee, hereinafter referred to as the Quarantine Headquarters) announced that it has made its first export 11 months after completing negotiations with the Philippines to relax export quarantine requirements for domestically produced paprika. On July 10, ‘Odae’, an agricultural corporation in Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, exported 360 kg (56 boxes) of paprika that passed export quarantine to Manila, Philippines. Domestic paprika is exported to Japan, Vietnam, and China, but this is the first export to the Philippines. * Paprika export volume by country in 2023: (Japan) 21,690 tons, (Vietnam) 5.6 tons, (China) 2.7 tons When the paprika quarantine agreement was concluded with the Philippines in 2014, it could only be exported by ship cargo, but the Quarantine Headquarters has been steadily negotiating since 2022 and relaxed export quarantine requirements to allow export by air cargo in August 2023. This ...

Source: Mafra