Peruvian organic quinoa will be exported to the European Union without additional controls

Thanks to public-private efforts, lemons, pomegranates and coffee will also be exported to the European Union without additional controls, says ADEX. Farmers and exports will benefit. Thanks to public-private efforts, the European Union (EU) excluded Peruvian organic quinoa – of great economic and social importance in our country – from its list of organic products subject to additional controls, so it will enter this trade bloc next year, reported the Association of Exporters (ADEX). The central manager of Exports of the association, Diego Llosa Velásquez, explained that the Andean Grains and Legumes Committee of ADEX, in coordination with the Technical Table of Quinoa of Ayacucho, carried out inter-institutional cooperation work with the National Service of Agrarian Health (Senasa), PromPerú, and the Ministries of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri), Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) and Foreign Relations (RR.EE.). “Since March 2023, we have been promoting meetings ...