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Exporting Organic Lemons Oxnard Lemon Company CCOF Annual Meeting Export Markets Workshop February 19, 2011

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Exporting Organic LemonsOxnard Lemon Company

CCOF Annual MeetingExport Markets Workshop

February 19, 2011

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Steps to Getting and Maintaining Global Market Access (GMA) Certification

Initial organic certification with CCOF Application for Global Market Access Certification

Application International Standards Product Labeling Audit Trail Documents

Confirming export certification of suppliers Extended Affidavits

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Steps to Getting and Maintaining Global Market Access (GMA) Certification

Importer Certification – JAS for Japan 3rd Party Screening and Certification of importer, packaging, and

warehouse company 4 months and much paperwork Separate certification for each commodity JAS mark and certificate holder number on each package Audit 1 to 2 times per year Cost - $3,000 for initial screening, $2,000 for Annual Fee Challenge – Risk of fumigation, fruit cannot be sold as organic

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Global Market Access (GMA)Application Certificate

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TM-11 JAS Certificate

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Export Documentation

Bill of Lading Clearly marked as Organic product Lot number for traceback shows on bill of lading

TM-11 Complete and send to Certifier for approval

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Challenges

Getting Extended Affidavits from suppliers

Not all suppliers are certified for all export markets

Increased time and effort to segregate product for each differing export market

Customer Concerns• Not enough supply, yet increasing Japanese organic product• High prices for organic, customers expect perfection• Customers confuse organic and non-chem

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Conventional Pack Lines

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Electronic Grading and Sizing

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Separate Organic wash/wax line

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Helpful Resources CCOF staff

CCOF website – www.ccof.org– GMA application– Extended Affidavit forms– TM-11 forms– Cost Share Funds form – up to $750 per year of certification fees – www.ccof.org/costshare.php