US Stops Dominican Mango Imports Due to Phytosanitary Non-Compliance
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Over the weekend, local media reported that APHIS made this decision after the country failed to meet the phytosanitary requirements established by the US agency in 2023 regarding mango shipments.
Santo Domingo. – The National Confederation of Agricultural Producers (CONFENAGRO) expressed concern about the economic losses that the United States could generate to Dominican mango exports, which could exceed US$20 million and affect more than 1,200 producers, especially in Peravia province, the country’s main export mango producing area.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has temporarily suspended mango imports from the Dominican Republic, three years after warning of weaknesses in the protocols for monitoring and controlling the fruit fly. The Dominican Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the measure and acknowledged that, since 2023, the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service had requested that deficiencies in pre-inspection processes be corrected to maintain access to …
The Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) on Monday attributed the suspension of Dominican mango imports by the United States to the abandonment of the Mango Fruit Fly Pre-Inspection Program, an initiative it claimed was created in 2016 to facilitate access for the fruit to the U.S. market. In a statement, the political organization maintained that the Ministry of Agriculture stopped continuing the program, which, in its view, led to the suspension o…
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