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(Jeonju=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Jin-bang = The Rural Development Administration announced on the 14th that it has established the Japanese residual tolerance standard (IT) for 'hexaconazole', an anthracnose pesticide used when growing peppers, after two years of consultation with the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. With the Japanese residual tolerance standard for hexaconazole set, domestic farmers can now use hexaconazole to control anthracnose when growing peppers exported to Japan. Previously, Japan did not have a residual tolerance standard for hexaconazole used in peppers, so its use was prohibited. If hexaconazole was detected when exporting peppers to Japan, customs clearance was denied. The Rural Development Administration reported that this measure also lifted the order to conduct a full inspection of Korean peppers for hexaconazole. The residual tolerance standard for hexaconazole, set in consultation with the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, is 0.2 mg per kg. Japan implemented a comprehensive inspection order for Korean peppers for hexaconazole from May 2021, as hexaconazole, a pesticide banned in 2021, was detected twice in Korean peppers. Since then, as of May of this year, hexaconazole was detected eight times in Korean peppers during customs clearance, making it difficult to export domestic peppers to Japan. The Rural Development Administration plans to produce and distribute pesticide safety guidelines containing hexaconazole residue tolerance standards and safe use methods for domestic farmers growing peppers for export to Japan, and also provide education and consultation. Lee Hee-dong, head of the Rural Development Administration’s Residual Chemical Evaluation Division, said, “In order to promote agricultural product exports, we will continue to set residue tolerance standards for pesticides that are obstacles in the agricultural product export process by collecting opinions from the agricultural field and actively consulting with export destination countries.” In order to support agricultural product exports, the Rural Development Administration has set 85 pesticide residue standards for 19 exported agricultural products in consultation with the Japanese and Taiwanese governments since 2006. chinakim@yna.co.kr Report via KakaoTalk okjebo <Copyrights (c) Yonhap News, Unauthorized reproduction and redistribution, AI learning and use prohibited> 2024/10/14 14:39 Sent

Major General Dr. Abdel Fattah Serag, Governor of Sohag, received in his office Major General Engineer Sherif Ahmed Saleh, Chairman of the Upper Egypt Development Authority, and his accompanying delegation to discuss ways of joint cooperation between the governorate and the authority to serve the Sohag citizen, in the presence of Dr. Mohamed Abdel Hadi, Deputy Governor, Major General Alaa Abdel Gab, Secretary General of the Governorate, Representative Khaled Abu Al-Wafa, Member of the Senate and Head of the Sohag Chamber of Commerce, and the Authority's delegation Dr. Mazen Shakweer, Advisor to the Chairman of the Authority for Governmental and Institutional Communication, Dr. Ibrahim Ramadan, Director of the Southern Upper Egypt Department at the Authority, and Mr. Ali Saber, Director of the Authority's Branch in Sohag Governorate. The meeting discussed ways of joint cooperation between the Upper Egypt Development Authority and Sohag Governorate in the investment sector and development projects to serve the people of Sohag. It was agreed to coordinate and cooperate to establish the largest and most important factory for drying "onions and garlic" on Sohag land, in cooperation between the Authority, the Governorate, and the Chamber of Commerce. The Governor of Sohag, in coordination with the Chairman of the Upper Egypt Development Authority, discussed the best proposed sites for establishing the factory, stressing that establishing this factory comes within the framework of the governorate’s plan to support the industry and investment sector.

(Agraria.pe) Between January and July of this year, Peru exported 13,547,801 kilos of canned vegetables for a FOB value of US$ 33,621,993, according to a report by the consulting firm Agrodata. According to this source, the main destination of these shipments was the United States, where shipments amounted to US$ 23,008,632 (68% of total shipments). Germany was next with US$ 4,281,132.