Spain makes an experimental shipment of 246 tons of cold oranges to India

Published 2021년 7월 23일

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The Citrus Management Committee (CGC) of Spain has successfully conducted an experimental shipment of 246 tons of oranges to India, following a cold treatment in transit that met Indian authorities' standards and passed all necessary inspections, including phytosanitary and quality controls. This marks a significant step towards opening the Indian citrus market for Spanish oranges, pending approval of a new quarantine plan, notification to the World Trade Organization, and publication of the new protocol. India, being the third-largest citrus producer globally with a huge domestic market, presents a substantial demographic potential for Spanish oranges despite the logistical challenges of exporting perishable products.

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The Citrus Management Committee (CGC) has carried out an experimental shipment of 246 tons of oranges with cold treatment in transit to India in several containers that have left the port of Valencia (Spain) and that have passed the country's inspections. According to Efe, the two shipments of 246 tons in total arrived at the port of Nhava Sheva, in Mumbai, at the end of June and were analyzed by the Indian authorities, who were able to verify in the container thermographs that the cold chain for its conservation or produced any incidence in the cold treatment applied during transport by ship. CGS reported that the cargo also passed the phytosanitary, quality and other more specific controls, which allowed the two consignments to be dispatched. The definitive opening of this market is pending the approval of the new quarantine plan, its notification to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the definitive publication of the new protocol in the official gazette. The entity ...

Source: ClPortalFrutiCola