After signing a bilateral trade agreement in 2019, the first batch of Brazilian melons has arrived in China recently. On September 18, a flight carrying about 3 tons of Brazilian melons arrived at China's Shanghai Airport.

Comprehensive Brazilian website "Globo" and "Canal Rural" reported that in November last year, Brazilian President Bolsonaro and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a fruit trade agreement at the 11th BRICS Summit. According to the content of the agreement, China will Brazil exports fresh pears and Brazil will export melons to China.

With the arrival of the first batch of melons in China, Tereza Cristina, Minister of Agriculture of Brazil, emphasized the importance of opening up the Chinese market because China is the largest producer and consumer of melons. "This is an important milestone for Brazil. Brazil is the first country in the world to export melons to China," she said. It is reported that the Chinese consume about half of the world's production of melon.

The Bureau of Agricultural Defense of the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture stated that after long-term negotiations, the phytosanitary certificate issued by China is a certification that the Brazilian watermelon fruit is pest-free and has undergone strict inspection. In January this year, technicians from the General Administration of Customs of China inspected the melon farms in Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará, Brazil, which are also the two largest melon producing states in Brazil.

After inspection, the Chinese authorities allowed the import of Bollo International Fruit Group (Bollo InternatioPele de Sapo, a subsidiary of nal Fruits, is one of Brazil’s largest exporters of melons. Its melon variety "Pele de Sapo" (Pele de Sapo) ranks first in the world. Baolu International is a Spanish company with 15 years of experience in the international market and has been doing business in the Chinese market for many years.

The entire quarantine process of these exported melons is carried out on the farm by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, and the seal of the Ministry of Agriculture will be affixed on the fruit packaging. The Brazilian Fruit and Derivative Exporters Producers Association (Abrafrutas) also participated in the market opening negotiations. The association stated that it would support producers in logistics to expand sales to China and emphasized that melon production can create a lot of employment.

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