2024 Oregon Blueberry
Korea Export Program

Grower and Packer Registration Deadline: Friday, March 8, 2024, 3 p.m.

Korea Program Registered Participants

Registered Packers

Agrivision Packing, LLC
Norris Berry Farm
Oregon Berry Packing Co
Pan American Berry Growers

Registered Growers

Casale AG, LLC
Dave Martin Farms
Five Oak Farms
Forest Hills Farm Inc.
Hillecke
Hopville Farms LLC
Norris Farms LLC
Oregon Berry Packing Inc.
Pan American Berry Growers
Riverbend Organic Farm, LLC
Verboort Berry Farms, LLC
Wash 219

Oregon Berry Packers

General Instructions
Packing Facility Registration Form
Packing Facility Compliance Agreement
Packing Facility Arrival Inspection Record

Oregon Berry Growers

General Instructions
Producer and Production Field Registration Form
Producer Compliance Agreement
Sample Field Map

All registered growers and packers will be informed of mandatory training sessions.

What’s new for 2024

The 2024 Korea export program is very similar to the 2023 program.  Most all information will be listed on this resource page and updates will be made as needed.
  • All Packers must have a record coordinator and have participated in a Korea program training session.
  • All packer and grower registration documents, compliance agreements and production maps are to be submitted to the Oregon Department of Agriculture.
  • Grower identification numbers will be provided by the Oregon Department of Agriculture.
  • Packers will assign themselves a three-letter packer code and producers will assign themselves three-number field or field block production code(s).
  • All growers, packers, record coordinators must attend the annual USDA/ODA training seminar.

Freight Forwarders

2024 Frieght Forwarder Information - TBA


Exporting Fresh Blueberries to Korea

Operational Guidelines

Record Verification Checklist for Export of Oregon Blueberries to Korea

Revised Import Plant Quarantine Requirements for Fresh Blueberry from the State of Oregon - Updated March 13, 2023

A detailed Guide for Testing Fruit for the Presence of Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) Larvae

Background White Paper

APHIS Approved TSA Certified Cargo Screening Facilities

Scouting Record for Mummy Berry - Pdf Form

Scouting Record for Mummy Berry - Excel Form

Intensified Visual Inspection - Trap Count Instigated Larvae Search - PDF

Packing Facility Arrival Inspection Record


Korea Market Pests of Concern

Korea Market - Identified Pests of Concern White Paper
Blueberry IPM Manual - WSU

Sample Pest Monitoring Forms

Trap Servicing Record PDF Format
Trap Servicing Record Fillable Form (excel format)


Mandatory Labeling Requirements

Clamshell Labeling Requirements (must be readable by human eye)
Pallet Label Artwork (8.5” x 11” white paper, red ink)
USDA Safeguarding Tape Artwork


Tape Vendors:

Lisa Poulson
Michelsen Packaging Company
509-853-2885 direct
lisa@mpcyak.com

Natureworx - Environmentally Intelligent Packaging
Tia Ross
503-709-1153
tia@natureworxpkg.com

H.R. Spinner Corporation
509-453-9111

Washington Packing
206-286-1000
sales@washingtonpacking.com


Program Contacts


Oregon Blueberry Commission

Bryan Ostlund
Administrator
503-364-2944
bryan@ostlund.com


USDA

Davin Potts
Trade Specialist - WA, OR and AK
206 W. 1st Street
P.O. Box 216
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Office: 509-925-1189
Cell: 509-607-4021
davin.c.potts@aphis.usda.gov

Oregon Department of Agriculture

Kathy Boland-Phelps
Oregon Department of Agriculture – Market Access and Certification Program
1100 E Marina Way, Suite# 119
Hood River, Oregon, 97031
PH: 541-386-2040
CELL: 541-490-0360 
WEB: Oregon.gov/ODA
kathleen.boland-phelps@oda.oregon.gov



Miscellaneous

Grower and Packer Meeting Presentation