Department of Agriculture in discussions with Thai longan exporters on Chinese ban

[Jonathan Fairfield]

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Department of Agriculture (DOA) Director-General Pichet Wiriyapaha, said today that the DOA had held discussions with 37 Thai longan exporters yesterday, following China’s indefinite ban on Thai longan imports over contamination with mealybugs.

 

The discussion was held to gather the opinions of Thai exporters on the ban, and possible remedies and improvements, as well as to ask to China for further consideration.

 

The General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) earlier notified Thailand about contamination with mealybugs in exported longans. It banned the products from 66 packing factories which account for 68% of total exports to China. DOA is in the middle of negotiations with Chinese authorities on the issue in order to limit damage on the suspension and to maintain market share.

 

On Aug 11, the DOA proposed to the Chinese authorities that Thailand improve the management of longan plantations, increase the intensity of pest monitoring measures at packing factories by adding more staff and increasing the frequency of random inspections from 3% to 5-10%. In the event of an initial detection of contamination, the exporter’s phytosanitary certificate will be suspended for seven days; it will increase to three months on a second detection of contamination. Besides, packing factories will need to increase random inspections from 3% to 5-7% continuously.

 

China hasn’t responded to the proposed remedies and continues to suspend longan with mealybugs. China asked Thailand to make separate lists of exporters who have few problems and exporters who have a lot of problems, in order to accommodate risk management by China.

 

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[Scrotobike]

CCP revenge

So you dare not to buy our submarines, useless vaccines and our fake antigen test kits?

Even after we gave you our wonderful Covid for free so you could squash protests with emergency regulations

PS any Pfizer to spare for the CCP central committee?

 

[John Drake]

Sounds like buy one, get one free to me. The Chinese get the longans and can also eat the mealybugs for free.

[tomacht8]

Is this foto longan?

Looks like lamyai.

Edited August 15, 2021 by tomacht8

[Antonymous]

1 hour ago, tomacht8 said:

Is this foto longan?

Looks like lamyai.

Longan fruit was first imported to Thailand from China in the 19th century. The Thai name for longan is lamyai.

 

Therefore longan and lamyai are the same fruit.

 

 

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Department of Agriculture (DOA) Director-General Pichet Wiriyapaha, said today that the DOA had held discussions with 37 Thai longan exporters yesterday, following China’s indefinite ban on Thai longan imports over contamination with mealybugs

Oh dear what a calamity.

[trainman34014]

The Chinese should know by now that anything that comes out of Thailand is substandard !

[Sydebolle]

Make sure the Chinese will be reminded on this ban when it is Durian season; what do these pr1cks think they are? 

[Cake Monster]

2 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

The Chinese should know by now that anything that comes out of Thailand is substandard !

The whole issue is about poor Agricultural methods, poor storage and transportation practices.

Altogether slovenly and lazy from the Exporters and Growers.

Thailand is a hot Country, so Insect Infestations have to be a priority on food products.

[Albert Zweistein]

14 hours ago, Antonymous said:

Longan fruit was first imported to Thailand from China in the 19th century. The Thai name for longan is lamyai.

 

Therefore longan and lamyai are the same fruit.

 

 

And lychee ?

[Damrongsak]

I can see it now - more bug spray!  Mealybugs, if the name is applied correctly, are a pain.  https://idtools.org/id/citrus/pests/factsheet.php?name=Coffee mealybug