Argentina: Pear and apple exports to Mexico on the rise

Published 2024년 10월 25일

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Argentina has successfully exported 1,022,760 boxes of pears and apples for the 2024 season to Mexico, marking a 32% increase from the previous season and a 103% increase from 2022. The exports, which originated from Río Negro and Neuquén provinces, were certified by the National Service for Agri-Food Health and Quality (Senasa) as part of a Work Plan aimed at minimizing the risk of quarantine pests. The plan requires specific inspections at both field and packaging levels for Grapholita molesta and Pseudococcus viburni. This season saw participation from 15 exporters, with financial and administrative support from the Committee of Producers and Exporters of Fruit for the United States and Mexico (COPEXEU).

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Argentina has completed the export of pears and apples for the 2024 season to Mexico. In this regard, the country's National Service for Agri-Food Health and Quality (Senasa) certified a total of 1,022,760 boxes of both fruits from Río Negro and Neuquén, equivalent to an increase of 32% compared to the 2023 season and 103% compared to the 2022 season. Senasa highlighted that the exports are part of the Work Plan for the Export of pears and apples from Argentina to Mexico, which was implemented in these Patagonian provinces to minimize the risks of introducing quarantine pests. Likewise, the program focuses on the quarantine pests Grapholita molesta and Pseudococcus viburni, which is why it requires very specific inspections, both in the field and in packaging, prior to the consolidation of the loads for export. For this reason, between February and August, agents from the Northern Patagonia Regional Center of Senasa focused on inspection tasks required by this Plan, the entity ...

Source: MXfruit