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    Zero tariff! 14 kinds of frozen fruits from Chile were introduced to China to hold an online conference

    • Last Update: 2022-10-12
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    On September 27, the Commercial Department of the Chilean Embassy in China held the "Online Conference on the Access of Chilean Fourteen Frozen Fruits to the Chinese Market" with the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Food Department of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Foodstuffs and Livestock and Chilealimentos
    .
     
    On December 13, 2021, Chile and China signed the Frozen Fruit Protocol
    .
    The number of Chilean frozen fruits allowed into China has increased significantly from 3 to 17, which is an important milestone
    for Chile's agricultural export sector.
    Subsequently, on January 27 this year, the General Administration of Customs issued the Announcement on the Inspection and Quarantine Requirements for Imported Chilean Frozen Fruits, allowing the import
    of frozen fruits produced in Chile that meet the inspection and quarantine requirements.
     
    Previously, China only allowed the import of frozen strawberries, blackberries and blueberries from Chile
    .
    With the signing of the new protocol, frozen raspberries, boysen berries, cranberries, apples, avocados, cherries, sakya, grapes, kiwis, peaches, mangoes, papaya, pineapples, pomegranates, blueberries, blackberries and strawberries can all enter the Chinese market
    .
     
    Chile has more than 50 years of experience in frozen fruit exports, exporting frozen fruits to more than 50 countries with an export value of about 500 million US dollars
    .
    At present, Chile is the world's third largest exporter of frozen fruits and the fifth largest supplier of frozen fruits to
    China.
    Chile has a diverse variety of frozen fruits compared to other frozen fruit source countries and has the advantage of
    zero tariffs.
     
    Lorena Sánchez, director of the international department of the ProChile Export Promotion Agency (ProChile), said at the press conference that the export value of three frozen fruits in Chile will reach 19.
    5 million US dollars in 2021, and it is expected to increase in the short term with the admission of new 14 fruit varieties
    .
     
    According to the regulations, frozen fruit refers to the fruit that has been quick-frozen after removing the inedible peel and core (except cherries), and maintaining the pulp core of -18 °C or less in the entire cold chain link, and meets the requirements
    of the International Food Standard "Code of Practice for the Processing and Handling of Quick-Frozen Food" (CAC/RCP 8-1976).
    China's total frozen fruit imports in 2021 reached 133,000 tons, an increase of 40% year-on-year; Total imports totaled US$660 million, up 53%
    year-on-year.
    Mainly from Thailand, Egypt, Malaysia, Canada, Chile and other countries
    .
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