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China to export Xinjiang pears to US
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-09-29 11:44
China is to export fragrant pears specially grown in northwestern
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to the United State -- after 13 years of
negotiations.
Sources with the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection
and Quarantine (SAQSIQ) said on Thursday the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
had approved the exports.
The decision came after two U.S. experts examined orchards and packing
factories in Xinjiang last month to ensure the Chinese quarantine system
met the U.S. requirements.
China first applied to export fragrant pears to the U.S. in 1993, but not
until last December did the two sides reach an agreement on quarantining
the produce.
The fragrant pears are produced in Xinjiang's Korla City, which had
23,333 hectares of orchards last year with a yield of about 120,000 tons.
The pears are sold in major Chinese cities and exported to Canada,
Australia and other countries that have strict quarantine requirements,
contributing to 25 percent of the income for farmers in Korla.
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