Recently, the General Administration of Customs issued the protocol between the General Administration of Customs of the people's Republic of China and the Ministry of agriculture of the Republic of Zambia on the plant quarantine requirements of Zambia's fresh blueberries exported to China, allowing the import of Zambian fresh blueberries meeting the relevant requirements, and announced the quarantine requirements.
According to the announcement, Zambian blueberries are allowed to be imported from the chisamba region and can be transported to China by air or sea. The specific requirements are as follows: 1.11 ° C or below continuous cold treatment for 15 days; 1.67 ° C or below for 17 days; 2.22 ° C or below for 21 days.
Notes for importing blueberries
Blueberries should come from designated production areas, orchards, packaging plants and cold storage. The list of approved companies can be found on the website of the General Administration of Customs.
Blueberry packaging box should be marked in English with blueberry name, place of origin, country, orchard or its registration number, packaging plant and registration number, etc.
The blueberry varieties shall be consistent with the content permitted by the license, the quantity shall not exceed the permitted quantity, and the unapproved blueberry varieties shall not be included.
Blueberries should be free of soil, branches, leaves, diseases, pests, weeds and other dangerous pests that China is concerned about.
When blueberries enter the country, they need to provide a phytosanitary certificate and a cold treatment result report to the Chinese customs, and the content of pesticide residues, heavy metals and other toxic and harmful substances should meet China's national standards.