Uzbekistan will be left without cheap tangerines by the New Year

Published 2024년 12월 23일

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In Uzbekistan, the tradition of celebrating the New Year with affordable Pakistani tangerines has been disrupted due to a significant discovery. Investigations have revealed that the tangerines imported from Pakistan were accompanied by counterfeit certificates and contained a pest, specifically the red orange scale insect. This finding has led to the temporary suspension of import and quarantine permits for Pakistani tangerines. To prevent such incidents in the future, market participants are urged to ensure import of fruits from reliable foreign companies. The quarantine agency will now use an automated information system to confirm the presence of the required phytosanitary certificate from Pakistan before allowing import.

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Usually, it is the Pakistani tangerine that is the most affordable fruit for the New Year's table in Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries. After its release on the market, prices usually fall by almost half and remain at a low level until the end of the sales season, EastFruit reports. At the beginning of the current season, the relevant services of Uzbekistan discovered that Pakistani tangerines were imported with counterfeit certificates. Moreover, a pest was found in one of the batches. The Agency for Quarantine and Plant Protection of Uzbekistan clarified the situation. According to Nova24.uz, the issuance of permits was temporarily suspended. A pest was found in a recent batch of tangerines from Pakistan imported through the Airitom customs post. Samples of the products were examined in the Central Phytosanitary Laboratory and it was established that the imported fruits contain the red orange scale insect. The quarantine agency contacted its colleagues in Pakistan to ...

Source: Eastfruit