Spanish authorities confirm that citrus destroyed were illegal shipment – Aguasdigital.com

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Oranges displayed for sale in a market. EFE / File

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             Spanish authorities confirm that citrus destroyed were illegal shipment

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16/03/2016 23:10 (-6 GTM)

                Beijing, 17 Mar (EFE) .- Spanish diplomatic authorities today confirmed to Efe that the shipment of 20 tons of oranges and lemons allegedly from Spain and destroyed Tuesday in China did not meet the requirements for export, so they gave their seen good for not to enter this market.
on March 11 the administration of quality control China these Spanish authorities notified the arrival of a “suspect” cargo, and after verifying that the certificates were not official ( must have securized role of Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre) confirmed shipping irregularity that might not even come from Spain.
“the same Spanish sector is interested in pursuing fraudulent activities,” he said about the Minister of Agriculture of the Embassy of Spain in China, Samuel Juárez.
“it is important to investigate well, but there should be no impact because it has been shown that the controls work,” he added.
According to false certificates, the destroyed fruit, Chinese authorities buried him in alive to prevent possible pests lime, had its origin in Alicante, although “to be irregular documents could even be the possibility that the fruit was not Spanish,” Juarez said.
Spain is authorized to export citrus to China since the entry into force of phytosanitary protocols for these products in 2007, although the arrival of Spanish shipments to China did not begin until 2014.
That year were exported to China citrus Spanish worth 1 million euros, a figure that tripled in 2015 and is expected to maintain the upward trend in this exercise.
the Minister stressed that Spain will investigate the alleged origin of this fruit once they receive more specific data China, and stressed he did not expect the incident to affect bilateral relations or future trade agreements “because it acted as it should.”
Spain and China are negotiating in this regard new protocols for export to China grape table, plums and peaches, fruit latter than any other country still sold in the Chinese market.
oranges and lemons intercepted by China, stored in 2,000 boxes and worth about 14,000 euros, were destroyed on 15 in the Chinese port of Tianjin, about 200 kilometers from Beijing, the main gateway products from other countries north of China.
the geographical remoteness of China hampers the country, despite the enormous potential of its market , can become a prime destination for Spanish fruit because shipping costs and cooling are higher than in other more traditional markets.