Uzbekistan Updates List of 241 Chinese Citrus Exporters Granted Market Access(Oct 29)

Uzbekistan Updates List of 241 Chinese Citrus Exporters Granted Market Access

Source: foodmate.net / International Fruit Report

Recently, Uzbekistan updated the list of Chinese companies and orchards approved to export citrus fruits to the country. The Uzbekistan Food Safety Committee announced that the 2026 approved packaging facility list includes 241 companies from four Chinese provinces and autonomous regions.

Of these, 129 are located in Jiangxi Province under Nanchang Customs jurisdiction, with a significant portion situated in Nanfeng County in southeastern Jiangxi. Another 99 companies are based in Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, primarily concentrated in Pinghe County and supervised by Xiamen Customs. The list also includes 11 facilities from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, located in Khorgos, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, and Kashgar, along with two factories in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province.

This update follows Uzbekistan's recent revision of its phytosanitary requirements for fresh citrus imports from China, which removed the restrictive market access condition requiring Chinese citrus production areas to be free of Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis). The remaining quarantine requirements remain unchanged, including provisions that fresh citrus must not carry Uzbekistan-quarantine pests, must be free of soil, leaves, weeds, and other contaminants, and must originate from non-occurrence zones for Chinese citrus fruit fly (Bactrocera minax) and citrus canker (Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri).

Citrus orchards and packaging facilities exporting to Uzbekistan must be registered with China Customs and recommended by the General Administration of Customs to the Uzbek side. Uzbekistan publishes the approved list on its official website and only permits imports from listed enterprises.