Kenyan avocados still waiting access to Chinese market
Fresh Avocado
Kenya
China
Published May 24, 2022
Tridge summary
Kenyan avocado growers are still waiting for official approval to begin exporting to China.
Original content
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 ...
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