Colombian hass avocado hit

another market
From July 31, the Colombian Hass Avocado can export to Japan, as reported on
Wednesday the Ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries in that country to the
Colombian Government. This product Colombian had already been admitted in the
markets of Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia earlier this year. While it also comes to
European markets and Latin America. Already there are 22 countries with Japan. Likewise, the
Colombian President, Iván Duque, on his visit to China next week will try to look for entry to that
country also.
The hass avocado is one of the most desired products around the world, so that,
according to figures from the Ministry of Commerce, sales of this product to the world
increased 30.8% in the first five months of the year, with sales of $ 47 million.
The direction of plant protection of the MAFF of Japan, reported to the ICA, the adoption of
the Protocol which establishes phytosanitary requirements for exports of the fruit, which
will be verified by an officer of the division of authority in Colombia health of the Japan.
The agreed protocol includes the health authority of the Japan visit to verify the activities
covered by the Protocol, such as areas of production, transport, traceability, packaging
facilities system conditions, to authorize the Home of exports.
"This market is among the priorities of the national Government for 2018 and 2019, and
the approval of the requirements of the health authority of the Japan, leaves us a step
away from export to this market, said the general manager of the ICA, Luis Humberto
Martinez Lacouture, who added that "work articulated between the ICA and the avocados
in the country, has allowed strengthening the growing demand of the fruit in international
markets, underpinned by health strength of domestic production and the ability with which
It has the sector to bring it to different places in the world".
To date Colombia can export Hass Avocado to the United States, Panama, Russia,
Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Costa Rica and the European Union.
The sown area of Hass Avocado in the main producing departments is approximately
14,000 hectares, located on the Eje Cafetero, Tolima, Antioquia and Valle del Cauca, and
in 2017, 30.341 Hass Avocado bound tons were exported to different countries of the
world, notably the first export to the USA.