South Korea: Relaxation of quarantine requirements for ‘pears and grapes’ for export to Australia

In the future, our farms will be able to carry out the work of arranging and packaging pears for export to Australia at the same time as arranging and packaging pears for export to other countries and for domestic consumption. When growing grapes for export to Australia, the timing of bagging can also be flexibly determined. The Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Quarantine Headquarters recently announced that it plans to revise the notice on export quarantine guidelines for pears and grapes for export to Australia, focusing on this content. Until now, Australia has restricted pears exported to the country from carrying out packing and packaging work at the same time as pears for export to other countries or pears for domestic distribution for reasons of preventing pest infection. The revised notice stipulates that orchards registered with the Quarantine Headquarters will not be required to separately sort and package pears for export to Australia. This is expected to prevent ...