The document specified that “after several exchanges with China, new protocols for the export of corn and sorghum were agreed upon as the list of quarantine pests” of interest to the Asian giant had been updated.
Argentina approved two new phytosanitary protocols to export corn and sorghum to China. Resolution 699/2023 makes effective the agreement that was reached between both countries to avoid the shipment of grains with quarantine pests. Currently, China has 15 pest bans on corn and 25 on sorghum. To maintain bilateral trade, Argentina had to adapt to the new regulations. This occurs in the middle of the Sergio Massa tour by the Asian country where it seeks to increase exports to get dollars amid the need to accumulate reserves.
In this way, the resolution establishes: “Approve the models of ‘Protocol of phytosanitary requirements for the export of corn from Argentina to China between the Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Ministry of Economy of the Argentine Republic and the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China’ and the ‘Protocol on phytosanitary requirements for the export of sorghum from the Argentine Republic to the People’s Republic of China between the Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Ministry of Economy of the Argentine Republic and the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China’”.
The ministry understands that the importance of phytosanitary and zoosanitary defense of borders, ports, airports and in the control of imports of agricultural, forestry and fishing origin. For this reason, the resolution of disputes was established, in everything related to the access of products from the agri-food and agro-industrial sectors to foreign markets, in coordination with the areas with competence in the matter.
The document specified that “after various exchanges with China, new protocols for the export of corn and sorghum were agreed upon as the list of quarantine pests” of interest to the Asian giant had been updated.
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In both cases, the protocols determine that both the corn and the sorghum that are sent to China, “shall be free of live insects and shall not be mixed or contaminated with other grains or foreign matter that may deliberately contain quarantine pests.”
SENASA will intervene
For its part, the National Agri-Food Health and Quality Service (Senasa) will carry out investigations and analyzes during the planting season, using surveillance and analysis methods for diseases, and will present a monitoring report for these diseases to the General Administration of Customs of China. pests, including methods and results, in production areas. In addition, it must carry out a quarantine inspection of corn and sorghum before its export to China.
The protocols also determine that for shipments that meet the specified requirements, Senasa will issue a phytosanitary certificate that will include an additional statement: “This shipment complies with the requirements described in the Phytosanitary Requirements Protocol for Exports from Argentina to China and is free of quarantine pests that concern China.” Both protocols will be in force for two years from their signing.
When Argentine sorghum and corn arrive at Chinese ports of entry, Chinese customs will carry out inspection and quarantine.
Source: Ambito
