Regulated areas for the production of Chilean cherries for the Chinese market declared free of Mediterranean fruit fly

Published Nov 14, 2024

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The Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) of Chile has announced the liberation of the quarantine on cherry-producing regions in the Coquimbo Region, including Ovalle, Punitaqui, and Monte Patria, for the Chinese market. This decision comes after the successful eradication of the Mediterranean fruit fly, as confirmed by three consecutive theoretical biological cycles without new detections, as per the required quarantine regulations. This development is considered significant for the local cherry industry, which faces challenges in market selection and pricing, particularly with the upcoming Cherry Express shipment to China in three days. Industry advisors recommend strategic selection and shipping of specific cherry varieties to maximize profitability.

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By means of Exempt Resolution No.: 1053/2024, the Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) declared the regulated area for the Chinese market in cherry-producing areas in the Coquimbo Region free of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata w.). Various Exempt Resolutions, the last one dated March 11, 2024, established quarantine regulations and the regulated area in the communes of Ovalle, Punitaqui and Monte Patria. In them, all the corresponding phytosanitary measures were applied in the regulated area of 27.2 km, for a period equivalent to three theoretical biological cycles of the pest, without detecting the occurrence of new captures. “According to the degree-day model used by the Agricultural and Livestock Service to estimate the theoretical biological cycles of the insect, on November 13, 2024, the three biological cycles have been completed after the last adult detected in the regulated area on April 1, 2024, the period required to declare the eradication of the ...

Source: MXfruit