South Korea: Taiwan exports apples and pears, and can be exported to other countries and used domestically all year round

Published 2024년 10월 29일

Tridge summary

A new agreement between South Korea and Taiwan will allow for the simultaneous sorting of apples and pears for both domestic consumption and export to Taiwan, as well as other countries, throughout the year. This agreement is expected to ease the burden on domestic sorting facilities and reduce labor costs. The National Institute of Animal Quarantine will revise related notices to implement this agreement promptly. This agreement is part of the Quarantine Agency's efforts to support domestic agricultural product exports by relaxing export requirements. Similar agreements have already been made with Australia and Canada.

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Original content

When exporting domestic apples and pears to Taiwan, simultaneous sorting of products for export to other countries and domestic consumption will be possible all year round. Currently, an agreement has been reached with the Taiwanese government to ease quarantine requirements, and it is expected that this will be applied on site as soon as follow-up procedures such as revision of related notices are completed. The National Institute of Animal Quarantine recently announced that it has reached an agreement with the Taiwanese government to ease export quarantine requirements so that simultaneous sorting of domestic apples and pears for export to Taiwan and products for export to other countries and domestic consumption can be done all year round. Approximately 8,000 tons of domestic pears and 500 tons of apples are exported to Taiwan annually, but according to quarantine requirements for preventing disease and pest infection, only apples and pears produced in orchards registered ...

Source: Agrinet