More Chilean fruits to be shipped to Vietnam

Chile's Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) met in Hanoi with representatives of the Vietnam Plant Quarantine Department (PPD) to advance agreements aimed at opening the Vietnamese market to various Chilean agricultural products, EastFruit reports. According to SAG, the discussions focused on expanding the supply of fresh Chilean kiwis, implementing cold treatment for air-freighted cherries, opening the market to fresh blueberries, and promoting electronic certification. Read also: Peru overtakes Chile as world's top table grape exporter, while China breaks into top three global table grape exporters SAG Director José Guajardo said: "Last year, together with the Minister of Agriculture, we made a technical tour of Asia, initiating negotiations on air-freighted cherries and opening the Vietnamese market to Chilean kiwis. We are pleased to see the first results of these negotiations today." According to FreshFruitPortal, PPD has committed to sending inspectors to Chile in March ...