Kenyan avocados still waiting access to Chinese market

Published 2022년 5월 23일

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China has not yet approved the import of fresh avocados from Kenya, despite earlier reports that such imports would be permitted subject to strict pest and disease analysis. Kenyan producers and exporters looking to export fresh avocados to China are required to ensure that their farms, packing houses, and fumigation facilities are registered with the Kenyan government. The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service has inspected companies applying to export avocados to China, but Chinese authorities are still conducting virtual inspections of orchards and processing facilities. Kenya is the continent's largest avocado producer and exporter, with the product accounting for nearly half of the country's total fruit exports.

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According to Business Daily Africa, China is not yet ready to begin importing fresh avocados from Kenya. Since 2019, China has allowed only frozen avocados to be imported from Kenya owing to the prevalence of fruit flies in the country. However, because of the additional costs involved, most exporters in Kenya are unable to comply with these requirements. In late February 2022, the overseas edition of China Daily reported that imports of fresh avocados grown in Kenya would be permitted subject to strict pest and disease analysis by plant health and quarantine authorities in both Kenya and China. Producers and exporters who wish to export fresh avocados to China must first ensure that their farms, packing houses and fumigation facilities are registered with the Kenyan government. The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service claims to have completed its inspections of those companies that have applied to export avocados to China. However, Chinese authorities still need to conduct ...

Source: Producereport