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List of the Import Prohibited Plants List of the Import Prohibited Plants The Annexed Table 2 of the amended Enforcement Ordinance of the Plant Protection Law (Amended portions are under lined) Districts Prohibited Plants Quarantine Pests 1. Yemen, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Fresh fruits of akee, avocado, star berry, Mediterranean fruit fly Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, allspice, olive, cashew nut, kiwi fruit, Thevetia (Ceratitis capitata) Albania, Italy, United Kingdom peruviana, carambola, pomegranate, jaboticaba, (Great Britain and Northern broad bean, alexandrian laurel, date palm, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as Muntingia calabura, feijoa, pawpaw, mammee "United Kingdom"), Austria, apple, longan, litchi, and plants of the genera Netherlands, Cyprus, Greece, Ficus, Phaseolus, Diospyros(excluding those Croatia, Kosovo, Switzerland, listed in appendix 41), Carissa, Juglans, Morus, Spain, Slovenia, Serbia, Germany, Coccoloba, Coffea, Ribes, Vaccinium, Hungary, France, Belgium, Passiflora, Dovyalis, Ziziphus, Spondias, Musa Bosnia and Herzegovina, (excluding immature banana), Carica (excluding Portugal, Former Yugoslav those listed in appendix 1), Psidium, Artocarpus, Republic of Macedonia, Malta, , Annona, Malpighia, Santalum, Garcinia, Vitis Montenegro, Africa, Bermuda, (excluding those listed in appendices 3 and 54), Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, El Eugenia, Mangifera (excluding those listed in Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, appendices 2 ,36 ,43 ,51 and 53), Ilex, Colombia, Nicaragua, West Indies Terminalia and Gossypium, and Plants of the (excluding Cuba, Dominican family Sapotaceae, Cucurbitaceae (excluding Republic,Puerto Rico), Panama, those listed in appendices 3 and 42), Cactaceae Paraguay, Brazil, Venezuela, (excluding those listed in appendix 35), Peru, Bolivia, Honduras, Australia Solanaceae (excluding those listed in (excluding Tasmania), Hawaiian appendices 3 and 42), Rosaceae (excluding Islands those listed in appendices 3 and 31) and Rutaceae (excluding those listed in appendices 4 to 8 ,39 ,45 and 56). 2. India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Fresh fruits of citrus (excluding those listed in Bactrocera dorsalis Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, appendix 10), barbados cherry, avocado, apricot, species complex Taiwan, China (excluding Hong fig, Baccaurea sapida, strawberry, olive, Kong, hereinafter referred to as Anacardium occidentale (cashew), indian laurel, "China"), Nepal, Pakistan, Arenga englei, carambola, pomegranate, santol, Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, plum, tahiti chestnut, alexandrian laurel, tomato, - 1 - Philippines, Bhutan, Brunei, Viet pear, date palm, papaya (excluding those listed Nam, Hong Kong, Malaysia, in appendices 1, 11 and 12, the same in item 4), Myanmar, Laos, Papua New loquat, betel nut, grape (excluding those listed in Guinea, Hawaiian Islands, French appendix 32), peach, Terminalia catappa, Polynesia, Micronesia Myrica rubra, rambutan, longan, apple, litchi (excluding those listed in appendices 13 and and plants of the genera Bouea, Diospyros, Coffea, Capsicum, Passiflora, Solanum, Zizyphus, Spondias, Psidium, Artocarpus, Annona, Hylocereus (excluding those listed in appendices 52 and 55, the same in item 4), Garcinia (excluding those listed in appendix 40), Eugenia, Mangifera (excluding those listed in appendices 15 to 17 , 36 , 48 and 50, the same in item 4) and Lansium, and plants of the family Sapotaceae, and mature banana. 3. Ea s t er I s l an d , A u s t ral i a Fresh fruits of citrus (excluding those listed in Queensland fruit fly (excluding Tasmania), New appendix 7), avocado, apricot, fig, strawberry, (Bactrocera tryoni) Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, olive, kiwi fruit, carambola, cherry, French Polynesia pomegranate, red pepper (capsicum), white sapote, plum, tomato, pear, date palm, papaya, guava, loquat, grape, quince, peach, apple, litchi, and plants of the genera Diospyros, Rubus, Morus, Coffea, Passiflora, Zizyphus, Annona, Eugenia and Mangifera (excluding those listed in appendix 2) and mature banana. 4. India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Live vines, leaves and fresh fruits of plants of Melon fly Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the family Cucurbitaceae (excluding those listed ( B a c t r o c e r a Taiwan, China, Nepal, Pakistan, in appendix 18), and fresh fruits of kidney bean, cucurbitae) Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, pigeon pea, carambola, cowpea, red pepper Philippines, Brunei, Viet Nam, (capsicum), tomato, eggplant, papaya, and plants Hong Kong, Malaysia, Myanmar, of the genera Hylocereus and Mangifera. Laos, Egypt, Cameroon, Guinea, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Tanzania, Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin, Mali, Mauritius, Reunion, Papua New Guinea, Hawaiian Islands, Micronesia - 2 - 5. India, China, Pakistan, Myanmar, Fresh fruits of apricot, cherry (excluding those Codling moth Afghanistan, Israel, Iraq, Iran, listed in appendices 19 to 21 , 38 and 44), (Cydia pomonella) Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, plum (excluding those listed in appendix 37), Europe, Africa, United States of pear, quince, peach (excluding those listed in America (excluding Hawaiian appendices 22 and 23), and apple (excluding Islands, hereinafter referred to as those listed in appendices 24, 25 ,31 and 34). "United States of America"), Fresh fruits and nuts in shell of walnut Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, (excluding those listed in appendix 26). Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand 6. India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Live vines, leaves, tuberous roots, and other Sweet potato weevil Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, underground portions of plants of the genera (Cylas formicarius) Taiwan, China, Bangladesh, Ipomoea, Pharbitis, and Calystegia. Timor-Leste, Philippines, Brunei, Live tuberous roots and other underground Viet Nam, Hong Kong, Malaysia, portions of cassava. Myanmar, Laos, Africa, North America( excluding Canada) , Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Hawaiian Islands, Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia 7. China, North America (excluding Live vines, leaves, tuberous roots and other West Indian sweet Canada), Latin America, New underground portions of plants of the genera potato weevil Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Ipomoea, Pharbitis, and Calystegia. ( E u s c e p e s Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia postfasciatus) 8. India, Nepal, Bhutan, Turkey, Live haulms, leaves, tubers, and other Potato wart Europe (excluding Albania, underground portions of plants of the family ( S y n c h y t r i u m Cryprus and Greece), Algeria, Solanaceae. endobioticum) Tunisia, Republic of South Africa, Canada, Uruguay, Ecuador, Chile, Falkland Islands, Peru, Bolivia, New Zealand 9. Turkey, Italy, United Kingdom, Live haulms and leaves of cabbage, and plants Colorado potato beetle - 3 - Austria, Netherlands, Greece, of the genera Cirsium and Verbascum, and ( L e p t i n o t a r s a Croatia, Kosovo, Switzerland, plants of the family Solanaceae. decemlineata) Spain, Slovak, Slovenia, Serbia, Czech, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, France, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Former Yugoslav Rep u bl i c of M ace do n ia , Montenegro, Luxembourg, United States of America, Canada, Mexico 10. India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Live tubers and other underground portions of Potato cyst nematode Pakistan, Philippines, Israel, Iran, plants of the genus Chenopodium, and plants of ( G l o b o d e r a Turkey, Lebanon, Iceland, the family Solanaceae (excluding those listed in rostochiensis) Ireland, Azerbaijan, Armenia, appendix 46). Italy, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, United Kingdom, Estonia, Austria, Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Greece, Kyrgyz, Georgia, Croatia, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Turkmenistan, Norway, Hungary, Finland, France, Bulgaria, Belarus, Belgium, Poland, Portugal, Malta, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Russia, Algeria, Canary Islands (Spanish territory), South Africa, North America, Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Chile, Nicaragua, Panama, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Belize, Peru, Bolivia, Honduras, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand 11. India, Pakistan, Turkey, Iceland, Live tubers and other underground portions of White potato cyst Ireland, Azerbaijan, Armenia, plants of the family Solanaceae (excluding those nematode Italy, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, United listed in appendix 46). (Globodera pallida) - 4 - Kingdom, Estonia, Austria, Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Greece, Kyrgyz, Georgia, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Tajikistan, Czech, Denmark, Germany, Turkmenistan, Norway, Hungary, France, Belarus, Portugal, Malta, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Canary Islands, United States of America, Canada, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Panama, Falkland Islands, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, New Zealand 12. Myanmar, United Arab Emirates, Live haulms, leaves, and fresh fruits of plants of Blue mold Yemen, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Syria, the family Solanaceae (excluding those listed in ( P e r o n o s p o r a Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Europe appendices 27,30,42 and 47). tabacina) (excluding Netherlands and Cyprus), Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Republic of South Africa, Morocco, Libya, United States of America, Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, El Salvador, Cuba, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Venezuela, Honduras, Mexico, Australia (excluding Tasmania) 13. United States of America, Underground portions of live plants of avocado, Ci trus burrowing Hawaiian Islands alfalfa, kidney bean, Indigofera hirsuta, okra, nematode pepper, sweet potato, sugarcane, watermelon, ( R a d o p h o l u s radish, soybean, loblolly pine,
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