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The General Administration of Customs has announced the approval of Argentine nuts for import into China, including walnuts, pecans, pistachios, hazelnuts, and almonds. These nuts must meet strict quarantine requirements, such as no quarantine pests, no live insects or impurities, and must undergo fumigation. Argentina's planting area for pecans is expanding, and these nuts are widely exported to various countries, accounting for 50-80% of the total production. China and Argentina are also expected to sign phytosanitary requirements for dried prunes, potentially opening the market for more Argentine nuts and dried fruits in China.
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Recently, the General Administration of Customs issued an announcement on the inspection and quarantine requirements for Argentine nuts exported to China, allowing the import of Argentine nuts that meet the requirements from now on. The Argentine nuts allowed for import refer to five types of nuts, including walnuts, pecans, pistachios, hazelnuts, and almonds, which are made from mature fruits of plants grown in Argentina, are selected, dried, and processed in Argentina, and are not ripe, with or without shells for human consumption. The announcement requires that Argentine nuts exported to China must not contain quarantine pests of concern to China. They must not contain live insects, insect eggs, soil, weed seeds, plant residues, metal foreign matter, gravel, and other impurities. Fumigation should be carried out before export to ensure that there are no live insects in the nuts, especially storage pests. Quarantine treatment methods (such as fumigants) The name, dosage, ...