date:Dec 11, 2013
After two years of work, the protocol that allows Chilean shelled nuts to be exported to China initiated last Thursday, December 5. Since the Chinese deputy director of the Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) signed the protocol, all that is missing, for exports to effectively start, is for China to accept the phytosanitary certificate issued by Chile's Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG).
The signing of the protocol is the milestone that authorized exp