China’s General Administration of Customs recently issued notices to update rules for fruit imports from Thailand and allow imported passion fruits from Laos, if they meet the inspection and quarantine requirements.
On September 13 GACC signed a bilateral Proposal on the Inspection and Quarantine Requirements for the Import and Export of Fruits between China and Thailand to Transit through Third Countries with the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand (MACT), and a Protocol on Plant Quarantine Requirements for Fresh Passion Fruit Exported to China from Laos with its counterparts in Laos. The recent notices are the domestic implementation of the two protocols.
The GACC Announcement No. 89 of 2021 opens more ports for fruit shipments to ease the traffic problems at current ports and routes. It lists 16 ports for fruit imports and exports, adding seven (link in Chinese) new ports.
According to Thai government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek, “the protocol will allow Thailand to export fruit through more border checkpoints in China and Thai exporters can use transport routes to address problems and facilitate shipments.”
Source: chinatrademonitor.com
