Myanmar starts preparations for pineapple export to China

Published Jan 15, 2025

Tridge summary

Chinese customs has mandated that pineapple plantations and processing plants exporting to China from Myanmar must be registered and should adhere to good agricultural practices, quality management, food safety traceability systems, and integrated pest management. The fruits are required to be thoroughly washed and checked for defects. Inspection of at least 2% of the export volume will be conducted by Myanmar authorities in the initial two years, after which it will be reduced to 1% if no issues are found. Since the suspension of exports to China in 2019, Myanmar's pineapple industry has been negatively affected, despite its expansion into other markets like Thailand and Singapore.

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Original content

According to the requirements of Chinese customs, pineapple plantations and processing plants exported to China must be registered with the customs through the Myanmar management department, and the approved list will be announced on the customs website. Pineapple plantations exported to China must strictly abide by good agricultural practices, implement quality management, food safety traceability systems and integrated pest management measures. Packaging includes washing fresh fruits with high-pressure spray, and checking and removing insects, snails, weed seeds, soil, pesticide residues and weeds. In the first two years, the Myanmar authorities will inspect samples of no less than 2% of the export volume. If no problems are found within two years, the sample inspection ratio will be reduced to 1%. Myanmar pineapples are mainly grown in northern and southern Shan State and harvested from June to September ...

Source: Foodmate