Market Access Projects

Project 1

Apple disinfestation for market access

Liaise with DPIRD in WA and DAFF in QLD to obtain data for collaborative assessment. It is proposed to collect, collate and analyse available fruit fly data and other quarantine pest data and develop a package for market access negotiations.

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Project 2

Apple quality in the cold chain

To assess apple quality in the cold chain at four points to see which areas of storage affect quality.Pome growers must show their products are able to maintain quality in transport during export to other countries.

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Project 3

Developing a national systems approach for meeting biosecurity requirements to access key Asian Markets.

Currently, most horticultural trade of hosts of important pests (such as fruit fly) rely on exporters demonstrating that the commodity comes from an area that is free of pests and diseases (area freedom) or applying an agreed, stringent end-point treatment. Such end-point treatments are often costly, can negatively impact quality and may often be avoidable if other risk mitigation factors were accepted by importing countries.

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Project 4

Export Competitiveness Grant (ECG) (Over 2 years)Cold chain disinfestation and quality management of Bravo™ apples for market access

West Australian apples cannot access quarantine restricted markets such as Japan and China due to lack of treatments for medfly. Existing cold storage disinfestation research is insufficient. This project will collect, collate and analyse relevant available data and develop a program of work on disinfestation and fruit quality on existing and new varieties intended for export, using static and in-transit treatment methods.