New Zealand to ease quarantine on Vietnamese lemons and grapefruits

New Zealand plans to relax surveillance sampling measures and remove a mealybug species from the list of pests affecting Vietnamese citrus products.

The Vietnam SPS Office said it has just received notifications from New Zealand about draft phytosanitary measures for some fresh fruits imported from Vietnam.

Accordingly, New Zealand's Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is considering a proposal to remove the requirement for the National Plant Protection Office (NPPO) to inspect each grower's batch. Instead, they could determine batch uniformity using other standards.

This country also plans to eliminate quarantine objects such as mealybugs (Planococcus minor) on some citrus products such as lemons and grapefruits from some countries, including Vietnam.

Drafts to ease quarantine measures have been sent to relevant countries for comment. New Zealand is expected to pass the draft on November 1.

In November 2022, the two countries signed an agreement to open the export market for Vietnamese lemon and grapefruit products during New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's visit to Hanoi . These are the fruits exported from Vietnam to New Zealand after mango, dragon fruit and rambutan.

Among these agricultural products, lemon is considered as gold in New Zealand. New Zealand Ambassador to Vietnam, Ms. Tredene Dobson, assessed that lemon is an essential ingredient for the hotel and restaurant industry which is very developed in the Oceania country. Lemon is sold at about 700,000 VND per kilogram in the New Zealand market. In addition, the people of this country also love other tropical fruits from Vietnam.

Vietnam is New Zealand's 14th largest trading partner, with two-way trade between the two countries increasing by 59% over the past five years, reaching US$1.6 billion in 2022. The two sides are aiming for two-way trade turnover of US$2 billion by 2024.

Thi Ha

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