Mexico supports food trade with 15 African countries

With the objective of increasing the presence of Mexican products in Africa In the medium term, the Government of Mexico works to increase the shipment of Mexican products to Nigeria, reported this Saturday the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader).

In a statement, the agency specified that Mexico currently maintains trade in food with several African countries, including Nigeria, Benin, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Uganda, Egypt, Morocco, Zimbabwe, Kenya, South Africa , Mozambique, Ghana, Zaire and Oman.

“With these nations there is a commercial exchange of products such as sesame, Jamaica, rice, strawberries, corn, apple, cocoa, walnuts, pears, tobacco, grapes, poultry, lobster, mojarra and sardines”was noted in the text.

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Precisely as part of this trade, Sader indicated that health authorities from Mexico and Nigeria signed a work plan for the safe export of hibiscus flower from the African country to the Latin American country.

Those in charge of signing the document were the Director of Plant Health of the National Agri-Food Health, Safety and Quality Service (Senasica), Francisco Ramírez, and the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service, Vicent Isegbe.

The Mexican official pointed out that the agreement establishes that the Nigerian authorities “will certify exporting companies that comply with the requirements demanded by Senasica”, such as the correct cleaning and quarantine treatment of containers and the placement of traps to detect the presence of pests such as the Khapra weevil.

In addition to Senasica’s technical quarantine treatments, the authorities will verify compliance with the provisions and the inspectors in Mexico will once again review the merchandise at the points of entry into the country, with the purpose of minimizing the risk of entry and spread of pests and diseases of economic importance to the national territory.

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The note pointed out that this new trade agreement replaces the direct interaction between exporters and importers, since it establishes obligations and responsibilities for the Governments of Mexico and Nigeria, framed in regulations recognized by more than 180 countries before the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). .

The hibiscus flower is an emblematic product of Nigeria due to its high availability and quality, and they currently have reliable traceability mechanisms to provide guarantees to importing countries.

Source: EFE