South Korea’s sole quarantine of exports to the US should be limited to unavoidable cases

Ahead of the implementation from March next year Concerns over damage to US pear export farms Discussing government recommendations It has been reported that the final government recommendations are being discussed in relation to the recent concerns raised by farms belonging to 13 US pear export complexes nationwide over damage to farms due to the revision of the Korean pear US export quarantine guidelines last year (see page 5 of No. 3616). In July of last year, the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency revised and announced the ‘Korean Fresh Fruit US Export Quarantine Guidelines’, which included the following: △Independent quarantine by Korean plant quarantine officers possible △Designation of new US export complexes. The revision of the export quarantine guidelines is the result of quarantine negotiations with the US since 2013 to improve the export requirements for Korean pears to the US. It is expected that if independent quarantine by Korean plant quarantine officers is ...