Although this year's pear season will register the lowest yields of the past 10 years - also due to the flood in Emilia-Romagna, where 70% of the domestic production is located - the news has arrived of the signing of the protocol on the export of Italian pears in China. The procedure was initiated in November 2017.
The protocol was signed on June 26th at the Ministry for Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests by the undersecretary of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Giorgio Silli and the Minister for the Administration of Chinese Customs YU Jianhua in the presence of deputy Angelo Rossi, advisor to the Minister for Institutional Relations Francesco Lollobrigida.
"It was a fruitful meeting, aimed at facilitating the access of Italian products to the Chinese market. Similar forms of collaboration could now be put in place for other high-quality products."
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During a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Tang Renjian, Lollobrigida stressed how "agriculture is one of the drivers of commercial relations between Italy and China. The objective is to work to support our exports all over the world, helping Italian businesses to create wealth and jobs."
Fruitimprese commented that "it is a successful outcome that required a lot of effort for Fruitimprese in collaboration with CSO Centro Servizi Ortofrutticoli in Ferrara, which dedicated resources and a lot of time to the project due to the forced stop imposed by Covid-19 and the lengthy Chinese bureaucratic procedures. Now the challenge is to do the same with Italian apples."