Peruvian organic quinoa to be exported to the EU

Published 2024년 12월 17일

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The European Union (EU) has decided to exclude Peruvian organic quinoa from its list of organic products subject to additional controls, effective from 2025. This decision follows intensive collaboration between Peruvian trade committees and EU authorities, aimed at resolving issues related to pesticide residues that have previously prevented the free trade of Peruvian quinoa in the EU. The removal of these restrictions not only opens up the quinoa market but also extends to other organic products such as lemon, pomegranate, and coffee. Only bananas and ginger will continue to face additional controls.

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12/17/2024 Thanks to public-private efforts, the European Union (EU) excluded Peruvian organic quinoa – of great economic and social importance – from its list of organic products subject to additional controls, so it will enter this trade bloc from 2025, Adex reported. Its central manager of Exports, Diego Llosa Velásquez, said that the Adex Andean Grains and Legumes Committee and the Ayacucho Quinoa Technical Board carried out inter-institutional cooperation work with Senasa, Promperú, and the Ministries of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri), Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) and Foreign Affairs. “Since March 2023, we have promoted meetings and negotiations between our associates and authorities, taking advantage of spaces with the Executive and the Congress of the Republic. Now we see the good results, since this exclusion will directly benefit national farmers,” he said. It should be noted that since 2015 the EU has implemented additional controls on this Andean ...

Source: PEelperuano