Exports to Japan are possible only if the ‘tomato hornworm’ is not found

Published 2024년 12월 13일

Tridge summary

Starting January 1st, 2025, Japan will only allow the import of tomatoes and seedlings from South Korea if they have not been grown in facilities where tomato hornworms have been detected, in a move to prevent the importation of the pest. South Korea's National Institute of Animal Quarantine has agreed to these terms with Japanese quarantine authorities to prevent a potential block on South Korean tomato exports. Exporters will have to ensure that cultivation and sorting facilities are registered with the Quarantine Agency, and that the absence of tomato hornworms is verified through trap inspections two months before harvest. Additionally, the facilities must install fine-mesh nets and pass a final export quarantine with an export quarantine certificate. The Quarantine Agency will provide support and educate farmers to meet these requirements.

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Original content

Starting January 1st of next year, only tomatoes and seedlings produced in cultivation facilities where the tomato hornworm was not found in trap inspections conducted over a two-month period prior to harvest can be exported to Japan. The National Institute of Animal Quarantine announced that starting January 1st, 2025, only tomatoes produced in accordance with the “Quarantine Guidelines for Exporting Fresh Tomato Fruits from Korea to Japan” will be allowed to be exported to Japan. This is the result of the Quarantine Agency’s consultation with the Japanese quarantine authorities to prevent the export of domestic tomatoes to Japan from being blocked due to the tomato hornworm. After agreeing on a risk management plan in June, the two countries finalized the export notice and decided to apply the risk management plan starting January 1st of next year. Accordingly, several mandatory requirements must be met in order to export domestic tomato fruits and seedlings to Japan. First, ...

Source: Agrinet