Overview
- The accords were signed by Peru’s agriculture minister Vladimir Cuno Salcedo and China’s customs minister Sun Meijun in a bilateral ceremony that also produced a sanitary cooperation memorandum.
- The approval follows years of joint evaluations between Peru’s Senasa and the General Administration of Customs of China to align phytosanitary requirements.
- Exporters must now secure certification and pass inspections before the first commercial shipments can depart for China.
- Peru exported 148,000 tonnes of bananas and 28,000 tonnes of pomegranates in 2024 to other destinations, indicating established production and export capacity.
- Output is concentrated in Piura for bananas (about 85% of national supply) and in Ica for pomegranates (around 75%), highlighting potential regional beneficiaries.