Exporting
Are you looking to export Avocados?
If the answer is yes then you will need to register for export with the Avocado Industry Council (AIC). You do not have to register with the AIC if you do not export avocados. The requirements of an export grower are detailed below.
Export Registration
As an export grower your first responsibility is to ensure you register with the AIC each year before you harvest avocados for export.
If you have registered with the AIC before you will be sent notification to register for export in June of each year. If you are a new grower who is interested in exporting, contact your packhouse or the AIC for more information or click here to register for export online.
It is important that export registration is completed by the 31st of July each year, as the information collected is collated and used to estimate the size of the crop for the coming season. Accurate crop estimating enables good marketing which leads to increased grower returns.
Export Registration requires payment of a fee. Export registration and export management fee income is used to fund governance of the Recognised Product Group, and work on quality performance, enabling exports, knowledge acquisition and information management, new varieties, new market development, market reliability and reputation, meeting market expectations, and assuring market access.
It is important to note that if you are not registered for export with the AIC then your fruit will not be allowed to leave the country.
P-PIN Orchard Identification Number
All fruit exported is tracked through your P-PIN orchard number. If you do not have a P-PIN number this can be obtained completing an application form and returning it to the AIC.
Please do this as soon as possible to avoid any last minute rush.
Export Marketing Strategy
On registering with the AIC you will have agreed to abide by the rules as specified in the EMS (Export Marketing Strategy) and pay an export management fee on a per tray basis.
Spray Diary
You have a responsibility under compliance with the EMS and Food & Safety Act to ensure all sprays & fertilisers used during the year are recorded on a spray diary and submitted to the packhouse when your fruit is packed. The spray diary is electronic and is based on the web. If you require a paper copy version of the diary this is at a cost and is available at the time of registration with the AIC. Various importing countries have different withholding periods and rules for allowing certain sprays and these must be monitored and adhered to for the avocado to be sold in their country.
The systems used to prepare your fruit for export are monitored by the AsureQuality under contract by the AIC.
For more information on registering for export contact Sheryl at the AIC by email sherylwilson@nzavocado.co.nz or by phone 0800 AVOCADO (0800 286 2236)
