S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Some products from Morocco have entered Brazil more quickly since the beginning of this year. The Arab country obtained accreditation for a local laboratory to issue reports on exports of beverages, wines, olive oils, and olive pomace oils to Brazil.<\/p>\n
This means when these products arrive from Morocco at Brazilian ports, they no longer need to wait for a report from a Brazilian laboratory to be cleared for entry into the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis facilitates imports, certainly giving more competitiveness because the import process becomes faster,\u201d told ANBA the general coordinator of Plant Quality at the Agriculture and Livestock Defense Secretariat (SDA) of the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA), Hugo Caruso.<\/p>\n
Certain foods need a report for their clearance into the Brazilian market, containing information on Brazil\u2019s requirements to allow the product into its market. In the case of olive oils, one of the information that must be included is the level of acidity, which needs to be within the parameters established by Brazilian regulations.<\/p>\n
When the country has a laboratory accredited in the Registration System of Foreign Organisms and Laboratories (SISCOLE) to issue a report for that product, the goods are cleared to enter Brazil after verification of the documentation at the port, without having to wait for a report to be issued by a Brazilian laboratory. SISCOLE is an electronic system used by the MAPA, in which foreign laboratories with this accreditation are registered.<\/p>\n
If the imported product arrives in Brazil without a report from the country of origin, it needs to wait for a local analysis to enter the Brazilian market. \u201cDepending on the type of product, it could take ten, twenty days,\u201d says Caruso, noting there have already been cases in which the issue of a report for olive oil took thirty days.<\/p>\n