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Mbour, July 6 (APS) – The Director General of the Senegalese Agency for Export Promotion (ASEPEX), Dr Malick Diop, on Friday denied reports of a ban on Senegalese mango in the Union European.
'' Our mango exports have never been banned anywhere in Europe, '' Dr Diop refuted in remarks reported in a statement released in reaction to a rumor about closure of the EU and US market to Senegalese mango.
In a statement sent to the APS, Dr. Malick Diop explains that for the United States, "the only constraint we have is related to the requirement of fumigation (chemical treatment against fruit flies) which is a practice not yet used by Senegal ''. Moreover, he is quick to point out, Senegal does not yet export mango to the United States.
"What really happened was that most countries, including Senegal, had received notifications following noted interceptions about the sanitary quality of some [lots] sent in 2016," he said.
It recalls in this respect that such a procedure is '' quite acceptable, since such practices imply a rapid response by the communication of a new plan of action. struggle involving all the actors in the value chain. "
Diop reported the organization in this sense, by the Directorate of Plant Protection (DPV), a workshop sharing and heightened awareness of the new control system, with many innovations, citing the presence of plant health inspectors in the packing centers and the obligation for each exporter to register at a plant level. data. [19659002]
This new scheme has been communicated to the European side, and export operations are proceeding as desired. Between Thursday and Friday, '' our technical services have instructed and delivered more than thirty certificates of origin for mango mainly exported to Europe (France, Holland, Spain, Belgium, Germany) '', has he indicated.
According to a study, as of September 30, 2017, the total volume of mango exports was 17,168 tonnes for all destinations (Europe, subregion and other destinations), compared to 15,048 tonnes at the same date in 2015 and 16,704 tonnes in 2016. These sales abroad represent 10 billion CFA francs.
For the 2017 export season, 12 902 tonnes (75%) of mangoes were shipped to the European Union, compared to 10 029 tonnes in 2016, an increase compared to the last three export seasons.
From 2000 to 2017, volumes exported to the EU increased 16-fold in 18 seasons, at an average annual growth rate of 19%, from 2000 to 2017.
out of Europe, 4,266 tonnes of mango were shipped, of which 3,011 tonnes were exported to Mauritania and Morocco (18%), and 1,255 tonnes to Ghana (7%).
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