PH takes steps to hurdling China’s fruit quarantine

THE Philippines is taking steps to comply with stringent quarantine rules of Beijing in a bid to restore exports of fresh fruits to China.

Roberto Amores, a Food Sector trustee at the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (PhilExport), is confident fruit exporters would be able to meet China’s non-tariff measures on imported fruits, including improved packaging and other additional requirements besides the standard sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures.