Argentina: The opening of products to Chile advances

Published May 17, 2023

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Diego Quiroga, the National Director of Plant Protection of Senasa, has announced ongoing discussions with Chile's Livestock Agricultural Service (SAG) to expand market access and address health issues affecting both countries. These discussions aim to facilitate the export of various agricultural products from Argentina to Chile, including lemons, alfalfa bales, plums, cherries, and silo corn, while addressing the shared health concerns of the Fruit Fly, Lobesia botrana, and Drosophila. Quiroga remains optimistic, stating that significant progress in agreements for these products is imminent, which is anticipated to strengthen the trade and health partnerships between Argentina and Chile.

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Within the framework of a joint work meeting, the National Director of Plant Protection of the Agro-Food Health and Quality Service (Senasa), Diego Quiroga, spoke about the dialogue he had with the Livestock Agricultural Service (SAG) of Chile with the objective of to open markets and on the health situation of both countries. "We were working today with the Chilean SAG on issues of mutual interest," Quiroga said, explaining that "in our case they have to do with the access of lemon fruit from Argentina to Chile, the conditions for the entry of bales of alfalfa, fruits such as plums and cherries and silo corn, which there are also intentions to export from Argentina to Chile". On the other hand, during the meeting held by the entities of both countries, they shared the health situation of the Fruit Fly, which has foci both in Chile and in Argentine Patagonia, the situation of Lobesia botrana and Drosophila. "Three very important plagues for the two ...

Source: Chacra Magazine