Minister of Commerce announced the lifting of the ban on fresh Egyptian strawberry exports to Canada

Published 2024년 4월 18일

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The Egyptian Commercial Office in Ottawa has successfully negotiated with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to lift a ban on fresh Egyptian strawberry exports to Canada. This approval comes with specific conditions, including the requirement for Canadian importers to secure an import permit and for the strawberries to be subjected to agricultural quarantine in Egypt, ensuring they are pest-free. The strawberries must also be commercially produced and come with a phytosanitary certificate issued 14 days before export. A trial period will see all shipments inspected upon arrival in Canada, with the possibility of easing restrictions further once the trial demonstrates consistent compliance with Canada's phytosanitary standards.

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Engineer Ahmed Samir, Minister of Trade and Industry, announced that the Egyptian Commercial Office in Ottawa succeeded in lifting the ban imposed on fresh Egyptian strawberry exports to Canada, as the Commercial Office’s communications contributed to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announcing its initial approval to import Egyptian strawberries on the condition that the Canadian importer obtains a permit to import them. Before the import is completed, strawberries in Egypt are subject to a number of agricultural quarantine procedures to ensure that they are free of pests. The Minister, Trade Commissioner, Yahya Al-Wathiq Billah, Head of the Commercial Representation, explained that the general import requirements will be applied to Egyptian strawberry exports, which include the need for the strawberries to be commercially produced and the presence of a phytosanitary certificate attached to the shipments exported from Egypt, issued 14 days before the export, and the export ...

Source: Youm7