Mexico has sent its first shipment of blueberries to China on a flight from Guadalajara, the capital of the state of Jalisco, a further sign of the growing agricultural cooperation between both nations. Mexico is the world's second biggest producer of berries, including strawberries, blackberries and blueberries. Mexican blueberries received the green light from China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) following the signing in November of a bilateral agreement on the required phytosanitary protocols and requirements. Raul Urteaga, the agriculture ministry's coordinator for international affairs, said this represented Mexican blueberries' entry into China's "growing and very significant market". The Chinese government had already been looking at ways it could help boost exports by boosting imports in recent years.
Mexico has sent its first shipment of blueberries to China on a flight from Guadalajara, the capital of the state of Jalisco, a further sign of the growing agricultural cooperation between both nations. Mexico is the world's second biggest producer of berries, including strawberries, blackberries and blueberries. Raul Urteaga, the agriculture ministry's coordinator for international affairs, said this represented Mexican blueberries' entry into China's "growing and very significant market". The Chinese government had already been looking at ways it could help boost exports by boosting imports in recent years.