Negotiations concluded to ease export quarantine requirements for South Korean paprika in the Philippines

The Agriculture, Forestry and Livestock Quarantine Headquarters (Director Kim Jeong-hee, hereinafter Quarantine Headquarters) has been continuously negotiating with the Philippines to ease the quarantine requirements for exporting Korean paprika to the Philippines from 2022. He said the deal had been concluded. In the meantime, Korean paprika could only be exported as ship cargo, and during export quarantine, 600 samples had to be inspected, packed in a box, and sealed. With this revision of requirements, it is possible to export by air cargo, changed to 2% sample inspection during export quarantine, and it is expected that opportunities for exporting Korean paprika to the Philippines will expand as it allows packaging and sealing in pallet units. * 2022 Philippines export agricultural products (about 40 types): Strawberries 123 tons ($ 2.26 million), persimmons 1,165 tons ($ 1.93 million). 69 tons of enoki mushrooms ($120,000), etc. Meanwhile, in order to export to the ...