The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced that Taiwan is opening its market to more Canadian fresh apples, now including Québec and the Atlantic provinces. Apple export registration will be available to all producers and packing houses in these regions without shipment limits per province.
Registration commences on April 1, 2025. Growers should contact their local CFIA office from this date to initiate registration. Note that producer registrations must occur before apple trees reach full bloom due to codling moth (Cydia pomonella) trap requirements. Orchards must maintain trapping and treatment records.
Packing house registrations should be submitted by August 1, as CFIA must provide the list to Taiwan's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency (APHIA) at least two months before the export season. Registered packing houses may only source apples from registered orchards for export to Taiwan and must segregate and store these apples separately from those sourced from non-registered orchards. Apples for Taiwan must be pest-free.
British Columbia and Ontario packing houses remain eligible to register with CFIA for exports to Taiwan. Ontario producers must register, while British Columbia producers are exempt due to the province's mandatory Sterile Insect Release program meeting Taiwan's requirements.
New packing houses not previously registered or audited by Taiwan's APHIA will require an on-site audit. Costs associated with the audit fall to the registered packing houses. Taiwan's import requirements are available online from Taiwan's APHIA.
Source: Farms.com