Peruvian blueberries access Canada

10/09/2015

The Canadian authority in charge of the protection of food and zoonotic diseases, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), managed to publish the phytosanitary requirements for the export of Peruvian blueberries to that country.

These requirements indicate that all production and packing sites that process fresh blueberries in Peru must be certified by the National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA). They must also request an import permit from the CFIA, for each export shipment.

Senasa will issue the Phytosanitary Certificate, consigning the following additional declaration: "This shipment has been inspected and found free of all life stages of any pests regulated by Canada".

On the other hand, the Canadian authority, states in its requirements, the possibility of exporting with treatment of methyl bromide, application that should be evaluated by the exporters jointly with Senasa.

Facts & figures

Canada and the United States are the first importers of fresh blueberries in the world, so access to this market creates a new opportunity for Peruvian producers and exporters. Currently this fruit is exported to the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong

SENASA continues working with producers and exporters to specify the phytosanitary access of this fruit to more markets, such as China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, South Africa, Chile, Colombia, among others. Currently the negotiations are intensifying with the Asian countries, where the demand for this fruit is very important.

Peru has an area of approximately 1000 Has of blueberries planted mainly in the regions of La Libertad, Ancash and Lima. It is expected that this area will increase in the next few years to some 4 thousand 0 hectares.

Source: Adex Peru