Bolivia has 30 days to restore the entry of agricultural products from Peru

Published 2022년 5월 10일

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The General Secretariat of the Andean Community (SGCAN) has imposed sanctions on Bolivia for imposing restrictive measures on Peruvian vegetable exports, as ruled in Resolution No. 2264. Bolivia is directed to lift these restrictions within 30 days and provide quarterly reports on import permits, inspections, and processes for a year. This action follows Peru's complaint to the SGCAN about the barriers to trade imposed by Bolivia, affecting exports of potatoes, tomatoes, onions, avocados, lemons, grapes, and cherimoyas. The SGCAN's decision aims to normalize trade and is welcomed by Peru as a means to remove obstacles and continue the flow of mutually beneficial imports.

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The General Secretariat of the Andean Community (SGCAN), through Resolution No. 2264, ruled in favor of Peru, and described as restrictive the measures that the Plurinational State of Bolivia has been imposing on Peruvian vegetable exports. Thus, through the resolution, a period of 30 calendar days was granted to the neighboring country to lift the restrictions and guarantee the normal development of imports from Peru. Bolivia must also submit quarterly reports on the issuance of phytosanitary import permits, phytosanitary inspections and the import process in the CEBAF Desaguadero for a period of one year, and must provide the first within the next 30 calendar days, reported the head of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur), Roberto Sánchez. As recalled, since June 2021 Peru learned that national producers and businessmen were facing difficulties in shipping potatoes, tomatoes, onions, carrots, avocados, lemons, grapes and custard apples to the highland country. ...

Source: AgroForumPeru