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Air cargo available for exporting tangerines to the Philippines

Published Jan 22, 2025

Tridge summary

The National Institute of Animal Quarantine has reached an agreement with the Philippines to relax quarantine requirements for Korean tangerine exports, now allowing air cargo shipments. Previously restricted to ship cargo with stringent measures, the quarantine requirement has been reduced from 10% to 2% of the total quantity. This change is anticipated to enhance the export performance of Korean tangerines to the Philippines, with the Quarantine Agency planning to update export guidelines to benefit farmers promptly.
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Original content

The door has opened for using air cargo when exporting domestically produced tangerine fruits to the Philippines. Export requirements are expected to be eased, such as reducing the number of quarantines conducted after arrival in the country. The National Institute of Animal Quarantine announced on the 20th that it has concluded negotiations to ease quarantine requirements for exporting Korean tangerine fruits based on these contents. This is the result of just one year since negotiations began in January of last year. Up until now, domestically produced tangerine fruits could only be exported as ship cargo according to export quarantine negotiations with the Philippines concluded in 2010. Tangerines were sealed in boxes and 10% of the quantity per cargo had to be quarantined when they arrived in the Philippines. There have been many complaints from farmers that the strict quarantine requirements made exports difficult. With this negotiation, domestic farmers will be able to ...
Source: Nongmin
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