The European Commission recently issued (EU) No799/2011 order for the import of tea from China to take special control measures, the directive will be this year, with effect from October 1.

It is reported that the measures include the following: all the tea imported from China must specify the port to enter the European Union; All goods must be of conventional file will be allowed entry into the designated ports; 10 percent of EU goods will be on-site inspection and sampling tests include buprofezin, imidacloprid, triazophos, fenvalerate, high fenvalerate, cypermethrin pesticide residues and other items; the regulation also applies to no weight limit of the sample, etc.; importer testing and entry of all relevant documents preparation costs.

The EU has always been an important market for Chinese exports of tea, but tea imports by the EU in recent years, the implementation of more stringent pesticide residue limits, the Chinese tea market in the EU's declining share of Ningbo is China's major production base for export of tea According to the inspection and quarantine department statistics, from January to August this year, Ningbo total tea exports 2.1 million tons, the value of $ 73,419,000, of which exports to the EU only reached 366.1 tons of tea, the value of $ 1,427,000, compared to the same period last year 11.7% The EU's strict technical trade measures have become an obstacle to the export of tea, Ningbo.

The EU imports of Chinese tea for increased control efforts, no doubt raise the access threshold will exert a tremendous impact on the relevant export enterprises. Inspection and quarantine department recommends related businesses: To strengthen communication and cooperation with customers, timely access to the EU import of tea on the latest information, cooperate with each other in time of entry materials must be ready; timely advice to the inspection and quarantine departments to master the latest EU pesticide residue standards, and strictly avoid the use of EU directive on the control of pesticides; the strengthening of management at the source,Tea plantation in accordance with procedures required the use of pesticides, strict implementation of pesticide application safety interval system; strengthen raw materials, finished products and other aspects of pesticide residues and other safety and health program of testing and do the whole process of production quality control, improve quality and safety of tea, the green trade barriers as an opportunity to promote to improve the quality of tea.

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