Brazil opens border with apples from the valley

Senasa announced that tomorrow, exports of apples from the Rio Negro Valley and Neuquén are allowed. with destination on the Brazilian market. In this way, the opening of the border of the neighboring country is extended to already marketed pears.

The national health agency has defined this new measure, under the control carried out on the fruits stored in cold stores and the results of the evaluation of the batches of apples arrived at the packaging warehouses.

Senasa, they insisted that all actors in the chain take into account the precautions and scrupulously respect the work plan.in order to avoid new contingencies that could jeopardize trade relations with Brazil.

Annually, on average, Our main Mercosur partner imports 22,000 tonnes of apples from the valley. This represents sales of about $ 20 million. Chile and the US are also competing in this market.

It should be noted that the apple destined for Brazil is mainly of the Red Delicious variety and enjoys a high purchasing power, as the neighboring country is a major producer of Gala and Fuji apple varieties (a little more 800,000 tons). ) that he uses for local consumption.

Worry

Brazil closed the Argentine pomaceous borders at the end of February because of the number of captures of carpocapsa that registered the shipments at destination.

"The market is open, but the problem is that the fruit production of the valley is very slow because of the increase in sanitary controls," said an exporter about the problem.

According to the first data of the private sector, Pears exports to the Brazilian market are reported to have fallen more than 50 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of this year.