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

It is the result of joint work between ADEX, Foreign Affairs, Midagri, Mincetur, Senasa and PromPerú. It will benefit farmers and exports. Thanks to the public-private effort, 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 from 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 Agrarian Health Service (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 and negotiations between our partners ...