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According to the official website of the Chilean Fruit Association, Monserrat Valenzuela, manager of the Citrus Fruit Committee, said that according to preliminary estimates, Chile's citrus fruit exports will increase in the 2025 production season, reaching about 444,000 tons. Among them, tangerines, clementines and lemons will increase by 32%, 25% and 6% respectively. However, due to the decrease in the export volume of Fukumoto navel oranges, the export volume of oranges will decrease by 18%. It is predicted that Chile will be cold enough this winter and have abundant rainfall, and the fruit setting rate will be high in spring. However, the forecast export volume may be adjusted later according to unfavorable weather conditions. Valenzuela said that in order to increase the consumption of Chilean citrus fruits, In order to increase the volume of fruit, the Commission will promote citrus, clementines, lemons and oranges in the United States, and lemons in Japan. In the United States, the campaign will focus on retail institutions and consumers, with creative promotions at the point of sale and full use of social platforms. In Japan, a seminar will be held at the Chile Pavilion at the Osaka Expo. The Commission will invite Japanese lemon importers, distributors and professional media to participate. The seminar will focus on the characteristics and supply of Chilean lemons, focusing on topics such as Chile's export experience, industry sustainability, product supply, and fruit quality.

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As the shipment of early-ripening onions is imminent, it has been revealed that Chinese fresh onions imported under tariff-rate quota (TRQ) exceeded the standard by four times. Onion producer groups have called for an investigation into whether all imported onions exceeded the standard for residual pesticides, saying that what they had been worried about has come true. According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety’s ‘Imported Food Information Center,’ 0.04 mg/kg of ‘thiamethoxam,’ a known pesticide ingredient, was detected in Chinese fresh onions entering Pyeongtaek Port in Gyeonggi Province on the 11th. This is four times the pesticide residue tolerance standard (0.01 mg/kg). The government previously decided to import 28,850 tons of TRQ onions from February 11 to March 7. The National Onion Producers Association issued a press release on the 20th, saying, “This means that some countries, including Southeast Asia, are still not complying with pesticide residue standards,” and urged the government to “conduct a comprehensive investigation into whether imported agricultural products are compliant with the pesticide residue list management system (PLS).” Reporter Seo Hyo-sang