Shipments of Argentine pears and apples to Brazil maintain an upward trend

During the first half of 2024, the National Agri-Food Health and Quality Service of Argentina (Senasa) certified the export of more than 87 thousand tons of pears and apples to Brazil from the provinces of Río Negro and Neuquén, reported the Bioeconomy Secretariat of Argentina. As detailed by the entity, the amount sent indicates that the increasing trend evident in recent years for this type of shipments to Brazil continues. Of the total, 75,261 tons corresponded to pears and 12,321 tons to fresh apples. Brazil, the main buyer of these fruits from North Patagonia, is one of the most demanding countries in terms of health and quality. In fact, the absence in the neighboring country of codling moth, the main pest of Valletta fruit growing, led to the implementation of procedures to ensure its control and maintain the commercial flow. Senasa explained that these procedures constitute the Work Plan for the export of apples, pears and quinces from Argentina to Brazil under a Risk ...