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

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 ...