Egypt: Al-Mal publishes plant quarantine requirements for exporting citrus to Japan (document)

The Central Administration of Agricultural Quarantine has revealed new controls and requirements for exporting citrus to the Japanese market during the coming period, after allowing the citrus export market to open for the current year. The new requirements issued by the Agricultural Quarantine stipulated that the items authorized for export to the Japanese market include only oranges and lemons, great fruits, tangerines, clementines and morquette. It was also stipulated that the export be carried out only through sea freight only, in addition to not allowing the export of citrus to Japan except through the list of farms and coded packing stations approved by the Egyptian Agricultural Quarantine, in addition to that the application for accreditation should be submitted to the Exporters Service Department of the Central Administration of Agricultural Quarantine before Start exporting in sufficient time. Al-Qusayr, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, announced this morning ...