Peru finalizes agreement to export citrus fruits to New Zealand

The Peruvian government, through the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI), signed a Work Plan that will allow the Andean country to export fresh mandarins, oranges, tangelos and limes to New Zealand. With this, and according to what was reported, producers from Ica, Lima, Piura, La Libertad, Junín, Arequipa, Ancash and Lambayeque will be able to send their products to this market this year, adding to the shipments already made to the United States, the Netherlands, England, Mexico, Canada and Chile, among others. In a bilateral meeting, the Work Plan was signed by the Minister of Primary Industries of New Zealand, the national head of the National Agrarian Health Service of Peru (Senasa), Vilma Gutarra, and representatives of the Embassy of Peru in New Zealand. Peruvian phytosanitary authorities are also working with their New Zealand counterparts to complete the Pest Risk Analysis for blueberries and to have the draft sanitary standard for export ...