G/SPS/N/CHL/628  
16 April 2020 
(20-2965) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero  (Agriculture and Livestock Service)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Fresh persimmons  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Spec ific regions or countries : Republic of Korea  
5. Title of the notified document : Establece requisitos de ingreso para fruto frescos de 
Caqui (Diospyros kaki), provenientes de la República de Corea del Sur  (Import 
requirements for fresh persimmons ( Diospyros kaki ) from the Republic of Korea) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CHL/20_2647_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified Resolution establishes the phytosanitary 
requiremen ts governing the importation into Chile of fresh persimmons ( Diospyros kaki ) 
for consumption grown in the Republic of Korea:  
Fresh persimmons exported to Chile must come from orchards and packing facilities 
approved and registered by the Republic of Korea' s Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency 
(APQA).  
APQA -registered orchards must have programmes for good agricultural practices, 
including APQA -supervised monitoring and control measures to ensure that the orchards 
remain free from quarantine pests of importanc e to Chile.  
To control Monilinia fructigena  in orchards, suitable pre -harvest chemical products shall 
be applied at least once and APQA officials or APQA -authorized persons shall inspect the 
orchards at least twice between bloom and harvest.  
Should Monilin ia fructigena  be detected during orchard or export inspections, no fresh 
persimmons shall be exported from that orchard to Chile for the rest of the season.  
During the selection process and packing of persimmons, fruit with damage attributable 
to pests or diseases, fruit infested with live arthropods and rotten fruit shall be identified 
and removed . Similarly, packed fruit must not contain any soil, leaves, branches and 
other plant remains . This process shall be supervised by APQA officials or APQA -
authorized persons.  
Details can be found in the draft Resolution attached to this notification.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/CHL/628  
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[X] International Plant Protection Convention  (e.g. I SPM No.) : International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos. 1, 2 and 20  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
internation al standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 40 days from the date of circulation of 
the notification  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): Upon publication in the Official Journal  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 30 days from the date of publication of the 
notification  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and e mail address (if available) of other body:  
Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl