1. EXPORT OF TABLE GRAPES TO CHINA BY KHOMOTSO MASHALA

2. PRODUCTS Table grapes- Vitis vinifera
Comply with phytosanitary requirements and regulation of China - GAPs
Free from quarantine pest of concern for China

3. Quarantine pests Ceratitis capitata Ceratitis rosa
Aleurocanthus woglumi
Eutypa lata
Frankliniella occidentalis
Hemiberlesia rapax
Planococcus ficus
Raglius apicalis
Grapevine Virus A

4. Registration - DoA Place of production (PUC) - vineyards
Packinghouses (PHC)
Storage facilities (at sea ports)
Cold treatment facilities
NB: ALL THIS FACILITIES SHALL BE APPROVED BY DoA & AQSIQ

5. Registered orchards
DoA shall undertake monitoring of effective IPM programs, GAPs and other measures
Producer to apply GAPs and maintain records
SATI will ensure implementation
DoA to provide those procedures and monitoring results to AQSIQ

6. Requirements
Packing, storage & shipment of fruit will be strictly supervised by DoA
Before packing, table grapes must be manually selected, sorted and processed to insure free from insects, mites, rotten fruit, leaves, twigs & soil
Must be separately packed & stored from other fruit not to China- line for China

7. Packaging Fruit must be packed in new and clean packing materials
The following Chinese word must be clearly displayed on the business side of each box (carton):

8. PACKAGING
The following words in English on the business side of each box (carton):
Place of production (PUC)
Name or registered number of vineyard,
Packing house (PHC) and
Storage facility
Durban-MFT-D or FPT-D
Cape Town - FPT-C

9. Sampling Procedure 2 % sample If quarantine pest of concern is found,
Consignment will not be exported to China
DoA will issue Phytosanitary certificate for each consignment that meets all requirements

10. Additional declaration
“The consignment is in compliance with requirements described in the Protocol of Phytosanitary Requirements for the Export of Table Grapes from South Africa to China signed on 06 February 2007and is free from the quarantine pests of concern to China”
The cold treatment temperature and starting date will form part of phyto certificate

11. Cold treatment
Grapes fruit must be treated by cold treatment to control fruit flies
In transit cold treatment :
Conducted in PPECB registered containers with the pulp temperature of -0.5 °C or below for not less than 22 days
Pre-cooling storage at -0.6 °C for 72 hours
If the temp. exceeds -0.3°C on any day or part of a day, the treatment will be extended by 8 hours for each day or part of a day.
If the temp. exceeds 0°C at any time, the treatment will be nullified and restarted again from the beginning.
Loading in the port
Packed fruit must be loaded into the shipping containers under quarantine (DoA) officer supervision

12. Ports of entry 1. Dalian 2. Tianjin 3. Beijing 4. Shanghai
5. Qingdao 6. Nanjing
7. Guangzhou Shenzhen
At the port of entry, AQSIQ will:
Examine relevant certificates, labels, & records of cold treatments
Conduct quarantine inspection

13. Participation Termination
If fruits from unapproved vineyards, packinghouses, storage or cold treatment facilities are found,
The consignment will not be allowed entry
If live species of Ceratitis capitata or Ceratitis rosa is found on arrival,
Consignment will be returned or destroyed
Importation of table grapes from South Africa will be suspended

14. Participation Termination
If any other quarantine pests (annex 1 of the protocol) are found:
Consignment will be treated, returned or destroyed
Importation of table grapes from the relevant packinghouse and vineyards will be suspended
If any other quarantine pests are found:
Fruit will be treated in accordance with the AQSIQ laws.
One rejection at the point of entry-PUC will be allowed to export for the whole season
2 rejection-PUC will be withdrawn for the whole season

15. Program Initiation Prior to program initiation:
AQSIQ will dispatch officials for monitoring
Pest, system of quarantine management practices & phytosanitary condition of the PUC, PHC & storage facilities - DONE
DoA to submit a list of vineyards and packhouses registered with approved codes before initiation of the programme – DONE
327 PUC were registered and approved by both
DoA and AQSIQ
For 2007/2008 season, only 327 PUC will export

16. ADDITIONAL LIST OF PUC
In future, the changed list will be provided to AQSIQ by DoA
The export will then continued only if AQSIQ accepted the changed list
The initiative of the programme will be approved by AQSIQ
Based on official documents & technical information from DoA
Chinese inspectors ‘inspection results

17. RISK ANALYSIS
During the process of trade, AQSIQ will develop a risk analysis based on the situation of pest occurrence and interception
The list of quarantine pests and the relevant quarantine measures may be adjusted in a timely way – DoA/AQSIQ consultation
DoA and AQSIQ will conduct timely reviews and evaluate the protocol to ensure effective implementation of risk management measures and performance
Any dispute arising from the implementation of the protocol will be settled through negotiations between AQSIQ and DoA