Spain gains access to Thailand's table grape and pear market

Fresh Grape

Fresh Pear

Spain

Thailand

Published Oct 29, 2022

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The Thai government has informed the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the opening of its market for table grapes and pears from Spain, helped by close cooperation between the governments of both countries. Thailand unilaterally closed its market to Spanish fruits for phytosanitary reasons back in 2010. Negotiations did not resume until 2017, and the process finally came to an end.

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During the negotiations, the Spanish administration provided a large amount of technical information confirming the phytosanitary safety of Spanish products, EastFruit writes according to FreshPlaza. As part of this process, representatives of the Thai Ministry of Agriculture conducted a special audit tour in the first half of August last year, which gave a satisfactory result and led to the proposal of new import protocols for these two fruits. The Thai authorities have indicated that they will now submit the proposal to the Plant Quarantine Committee for processing and official publication and will confirm the exact effective date as soon as possible. Markets are expected to reopen for export next season. “The Thai market is not expected to absorb large volumes, but access to it will help prevent over-concentration of supply in European markets and provide opportunities for further growth in our exports. One of our goals is to ensure that 30% of the table grapes exported by ...

Source: Eastfruit