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ASOEX:

Meeting with Chinese represenatives to discuss Chilean fruit entry

Ronald Brown, president of the Association of Exporters of Chilean Fruit AG (ASOEX), announced that the visit of an important delegation of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China (AQSIQ), led by its Vice Minister, Mr Mei Kebao, has consolidated the commitments between the authorities of both countries to facilitate the entry of our fresh fruit into the Chinese market.

The representatives of AQSIQ, counterpart of Chile’s SAG, met with the Minister of Agriculture, the General Director of the Agricultural Service and the President of the Association of Exporters of Chilean Fruit, in order to intensify the negotiations aimed at allowing the entry of new fruits into this important Asian market.

“The objective of such meetings is to advance and unify the technical criteria for the entry of new Chilean fruits into the Chinese market, as well as to implement actions focused on facilitating the export process,” explained Ronald Brown.
The Chinese delegation, in addition to the meetings held with the authorities of Minagri, SAG and ASOEX, also visited plantations and packing plants in the area of Requínoa, VI Region, and other facilities of the Chilean production and export chain, as well as a pork meat processing plant.

Bilateral meeting
During these meetings, it was agreed that in order to move forward on the agreements between both nations, a private-public technical mission, formed by representatives of SAG and ASOEX, would meet this month in Beijing with AQSIQ’s professionals to advance on the various technical issues of bilateral interest.

Figures
According to figures of the Association of Exporters of Chilean Fruit AG (ASOEX), during the 2011-2012 season (from 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2012), the nation’s fresh fruit shipments to the Asian market increased by 10.7%, from 344,006 tonnes in 2010-2011 to 380,718 tonnes in 2011-2012.

In Asia, the main destination market and the one growing the most was China, with a 22.8% increase, reaching 168,620 tonnes. During the 2011-2012 season, the leading products for export were table grapes (69,957 tonnes), cherries (39,029 tonnes), apples (21,192 tonnes), kiwis (10,537 tonnes), plums (15,416 tonnes) and blueberries (1,778 tonnes), among others.

For more information:
Christian Carvajal M.
Tel: +56-2472 47 34
Fax : +56-2 206 41 63
[email protected]
www.asoex.cl; www.chileanfreshfruit.com; www.simfruit.cl
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