Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare) New Delhi

EXPORT & IMPORT – MISC

-COPY OF- NOTIFICATION Dated 20th March, 2018

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914 (2 of 1914), the Central Government hereby makes the following Order further to amend the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003, namely:-

1. Short title and Commencement.- (1) This Order may be called the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (First Amendment) Order, 2018.

(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of Schedule VI.- In the Schedule VI to the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003-

(i) Against serial number 2, relating to Abies spp. (Firwood), in column (3) against the entry (ii) regarding ‘Wood with/without bark’, in column (4) against the entry ‘North America’ and the entries relating thereto, the following entries in columns (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be substituted, namely:

(3) (4) (5) (6) ii) Wood North Free from: Fumigation with Methyl with/ America a) Dendroctonus rufipennis (Spruce beetle) bromide at 48 g. per without (b) Dioryctria abietivorella (Fir cone worm) cubic metre for 24 hrs. bark (c) Dryocoetes confuses (Western balsam bark beetle) at 21oC and above or (d) Pityokteines sparsus (Balsam fir bark beetle) equivalent thereof or (e) Polygraphus rufipennis (Foureyed spruce bark beetle heat treatment at 56oC (f) Tomicus piniperda (Beetle, pine) (core temperature) for (g) Bursaphenchus xylophilus (Pine wood nematode) 30 minutes or any (h) Adelges piceae (Balsam woolly adelgid) other treatment (i) Choristoneura fumiferana (spruce budworm) approved by Plant (j) Choristoneura freemani (Western spruce budworm) Protection Adviser to (k) Choristoneura lambertiana (Sugar pine tortrix) the Government of (l) Gilpinia hercyniae (Spruce sawfly) India. (m) Heterobasidion annosum The treatment should (n) Heterobasidion parviporum be endorsed on (o) Hylurgops palliatus (Lesser spruce shoot beetle) Phytosanitary (p) Lambdina fiscellaria (Eastern hemlock looper) Certificate issued at the (q) Melanophila drummondi (Flatheaded fir borer) country of origin/re- (r) Monochamus obtusus (Obtuse sawyer) export. (s) Neonectria fuckeliana (Flute canker of radiata pine) (t) Orgyia pseudotsugata (Douglas-fir tussock moth) (u) Otiorhynchus singularis (Clay coloured weevil) (v) Phellinus weirii (Laminated root rot) (w) Phytophthora cryptogea (Tomato foot rot) (x) Scolytus ventralis (Fir engraver) (y) Sirococcus conigenus (Sirococcus blight of conifers) (z) Leptographium procerum (White pine root decline) (aa) Phytophthora ramorum [Sudden oak death (SOD)] (bb) Rhizobium rhizogenes (Gall)

(ii) Against serial number 49, relating to Betula spp.(Birch wood) in column (3) regarding ‘Wood with/ without bark’, in column 4 against the entries relating to (iii) China and the entries relating thereto the following entries in columns (3) (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be substituted, namely:

(3) (4) (5) (6) Wood China Free from:- Fumigation with Methyl (a) Anoplophora chinensis (Black and white citrus bromide at 48g. per cubic longhorn metre for 24 hrs. at 21oC and (b) Monochamus sutor (Brown crumbly rot) above or equivalent thereof or (c) Anoplophora glabripennis (Asian longhorned any other treatment approved beetle) by Plant Protection Adviser. The treatment should be endorsed on Phytosanitary Certificate issued at the country of origin/re-export. …/2

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(iii) Against serial number 254, relating to Picea abies (Spruce) in column (3) against the entries (i) ‘wood without bark’ and the entries relating thereto the following entries in columns (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be substituted, namely:

(3) (4) (5) (6) (i) Wood (i) North Free from: Fumigation with Methyl with/ America (a) Pityogenes bidentatus (Two-toothed pine beetle) bromide at 48 g. per without (b) Ips typograthus(Spruce bark beetle) cubic metre for 24 hrs. bark (c) Dendroctonus micans (European Spruce beetle) at 21oC and above or (d) Pissodes spp. (Pine weevil) equivalent thereof or (e) Tomicus piniperda (Beetle, pine) heat treatment at 56oC (f) Bursaphenchus xylophilus (Pine wood nematode) (core temperature) for (g) Gilpinia hercyniae (Spruce sawfly) 30 minutes or any other (h) Gremmeniella abietina (Brunchorstia disease) treatment approved by (i) Heterobasidion parviporum Plant Protection Adviser. (j) Hylurgops palliatus (Lesser spruce shoot beetle) The treatment should (k) Neonectria fuckeliana (Flute canker of radiata pine) be endorsed on (l) Ophiostoma piceae (Vascular mycosis of oak) Phytosanitary Certificate (m) Otiorhynchus singularis (Clay coloured weevil) issued at the country of (n) Sirex juvencus (Steel-blue woodwasp) origin/ re-export. (o) Sirococcus conigenus (Sirococcus blight of conifers) (p) Tetropium fuscum (Brown spruce longhorn beetle) (q) Trypodendron lineatum (Striped ambrosia beetle) (r) Xylosandrus germanus (Black timber bark beetle) (s) Arceuthobium pusillum (Eastern dwarf mistletoe) (t) Choristoneura fumiferana (Spruce budworm) (u) Leptographium procerum (White pine root decline) (v) Neodiprion sertifer (European pine sawfly) (w) Operophtera brumata (Winter moth) (x) Orgyia antiqua (European tussock moth) (y) Rhyacionia buoliana (European pine shoot moth) (z) Sirex noctilio (Wood wasp) (aa) Chrysomyxa pirolata (Inland spruce cone rust) (bb) Chrysomyxa rhododendri (European Rhododendron rust) (cc) Cydia strobilella (Spruce seed moth) (dd) Dryocoetes autographus (Spruce Bark beetle) (ee) Endocronartium harknessii (Western gall rust) (ff) Neonectria radicicola (Black root of strawberry) (gg) Petrova albicapitana (Northern pitch twig moth) (ii) China Free from: Fumigation with Methyl (a) Dendroctonus micans (European Spruce beetle) bromide at 48 g. per (b) Ips typograthus (Spruce bark beetle) cubic metre for 24 hrs. (c) Heterobasidion parviporum at 21oC and above or (d) Hylobius abietis (Large pine weevil) equivalent thereof or (e) Hylurgops palliatus (Lesser spruce shoot beetle) heat treatment at 56oC (f) Ips duplicatus (Double-spined bark beetle) (core temperature) for (g) Lymantria monacha (Nun moth) 30 minutes or any other (h) Thekopsora areolata (Cherry spruce rust) treatment approved by (i) Trypodendron lineatum (Striped ambrosia beetle) Plant Protection Adviser. (j) Xylosandrus germanus (Black timber bark beetle) The treatment should (k) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Pine wilt nematode) be endorsed on (l) Monochamus alternatus (Japanese pine sawyer); Phytosanitary Certificate (m) Monochamus galloprovincialis (Pine sawyer); issued at the country of (n) Chrysomyxa rhododendri (European Rhododendron rust); origin/ re-export. (o) Cydia strobilella (Spruce seed moth) (p) Dendrolimus pini (Pine-tree lappet) (q) Neonectria radicicola (Black root of strawberry) …/3

(iv) Against serial number 266, relating to Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas fir) in column (3) against the entries (i) ‘wood without bark’ and the entries relating thereto the following entries in columns (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be substituted, namely:

(3) (4) (5) (6) (i) Wood (i) China Free from: Fumigation with Methyl with/ (a) Dendroctonus pseudotsugae (Dougles fir beetle) bromide at 48 g. per without (b) Bursaphenchus xylophilus (Pine wood Nematode) cubic metre for 24 hrs. bark (c) Hylobius abietis (Large pine weevil) at 21°C and above or (d) Hylastes ater (Black pine bark beetle) equivalent thereof or (e) Phellinus weirii (Laminated root rot) heat treatment at 56oC (f) Phytophthora cryptogea (Tomato foot rot) (core temperature) for (g) Sirex juvencus (Steel-blue wood wasp) 30 minutes or any (h) Trypodendron lineatum (Striped ambrosia beetle) other treatment (i) Amylostereum areolatum (Sirex wasp fungus) approved by Plant (j) Botryosphaeria laricina (Shoot blight of larch) Protection Adviser. (k) Hylotrupes bajulus (House longhorn beetle) The treatment should (l) Ips typographus (Eight-toothed bark beetle) be endorsed on (m) Lymantria monacha (Nun moth) Phytosanitary (n) Orthotomicus erosus (Mediterranean pine beetle) Certificate issued at the (o) Rhizobium rhizogenes (Gall) country of origin/ re-export. (ii) North Free from: Fumigation with Methyl America (a) Dendroctonus pseudotsugae (Dougles fir beetle) bromide at 48 g. per (b) Bursaphenchus xylophilus (Pine wood Nematode) cubic metre for 24 hrs. (c) Choristoneura freemani (Western spruce budworm) at 21°C and above or (d) Choristoneura fumiferana (Spruce budworm) equivalent thereof or (e) Choristoneura lambertiana (Sugar pine Tortrix) heat treatment at 56oC (f) Heterobasidion annosum (core temperature) for (g) Lambdina fiscellaria (Eastern hemlock looper) 30 minutes or any (h) Monochamus notatus (Northeastern sawyer) other treatment (i) Ophiostoma wageneri (Black-stain root disease) approved by Plant (j) Orgyia pseudotsugata (Douglas-fir tussock moth) Protection Adviser. (k) Phaeocryptopus gaeumannii (Swiss needle cast) The treatment should (l) Phellinus weirii (Laminated root rot) be endorsed on (m) Phytophthora cryptogea (Tomato foot rot) Phytosanitary (n) Sirex juvencus (Steel-blue woodwasp) Certificate issued at the (o) Trypodendron lineatum (Striped ambrosia beetle) country of origin/ (p) Amylostereum areolatum (Sirex wasp fungus) re-export. (q) Gibberella circinata (Pitch canker) (r) Gremmeniella abietina (Brunchorstia disease) (s) Heterobasidion parviporum (t) Hylotrupes bajulus (House longhorn beetle) (u) Leptographium procerum (White pine root decline) (v) Ophiostoma piceae (Vascular mycosis of oak) (w) Orthotomicus erosus (Mediterranean pine beetle) (x) Rhyacionia buoliana (European pine shoot moth) (y) Rhizobium rhizogenes (Gall) (z) Otiorhynchus ovatus (Strawberry root weevil) (aa) Polygraphus rufipennis (Foureyed spruce bark beetle) (iii) New Free from: Fumigation with Methyl Zealand (a) Hylastes ater (Black pine bark) bromide at 48 g. per (b) Otiorhynchus ovatus (Strawberry root weevil) cubic metre for 24 hrs. (c) Pseudocoremia suavis at 21°C and above or (d) Heterobasidion annosum equivalent thereof or (e) Leptographium procerum (White pine root decline) heat treatment at 56oC (f) Ophiostoma piceae (Vascular mycosis of oak) (core temperature) for (g) Phaeocryptopus gaeumannii (Swiss needle cast) 30 minutes or (h) Phytophthora cryptogea (tomato foot rot) any other treatment (i) Phytophthora megasperma (root rot) approved by Plant (j) Amylostereum areolatum (Sirex wasp fungus) Protection Adviser. The treatment should be endorsed on Phytosanitary Certificate issued at the country of origin/ re-export. …/4

(3) (4) (5) (6) (ii) Timber (i) Australia Free from: Fumigation with Methyl logs (a) Hylastes ater (black pine bark beetle) bromide at 48 g. per with/ (b) Heterobasidion annosum cubic metre for 24 hrs. without (c) Phytophthora cryptogea (tomato foot rot) at 21°C and above or bark (d) Rhizobium rhizogenes (gall) equivalent thereof or (e) Ergates spiculatus (spined pine borer) heat treatment at 56oC (f) Phaeocryptopus gaeumannii (Swiss needle cast) (core temperature) for (g) Phytophthora megasperma (root rot) 30 minutes or any other (h) Sirex juvencus (steel-blue wood wasp) treatment approved by (i) Amylostereum areolatum (Sirex wasp fungus) Plant Protection Adviser. (j) Gibberella circinata (pitch canker) The treatment should (k) Hylotrupes bajulus (house longhorn beetle) be endorsed on (l) Otiorhynchus ovatus (strawberry root weevil) Phytosanitary Certificate (m) Ophiostoma piceae (vascular mycosis of oak) issued at the country of (ii) Fiji Free from: origin/re-export. (a) Orthotomicus erosus (Mediterranean pine beetle) (b) Ergates spiculatus (spined pine borer) (iii) Papua Free from: New (a) Phytophthora cryptogea (tomata foot rot) Guinea (b) Ergates spiculatus (spined pine borer) (iv) South Free from: Africa (a) Hylotrupes bajulus (house long horn beetle) (b) Orthotomicus erosus (Mediterranean pine beetle) (c) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pine wilt nematode) (d) Gibberella circinata (pitch canker) (e) Leptographium procerum (white pine root decline) (f) Rhizobium rhizogenes (gall) (g) Ergates spiculatus (spined pine borer) (h) Ophiostoma piceae (Vascular mycosis of oak) (i) Phytophthora cryptogea (trunk rot) (j) Amylostereum areolatum (Sirex wasp fungus)

(v) Against serial number 362, relating to Eucalyptus grandis/Eucalyputs spp. in column (3) against the entries (ii) ‘wood without bark’ and the entries relating thereto the following entries in columns (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be substituted, namely:

(3) (4) (5) (6) (ii) Wood Australia Free from : Fumigation with Methyl with/ (a) Ctenarytaina spatulata bromide at 48 g. per without (b) Phoracantha recurva (eucalyptus longhorned borer) cubic metre for 24 hrs. bark (c) Phoracantha semipunctata (eucalyptus longhorned at 21°C and above or borer) equivalent thereof under (d) Paropsis atomaria (Eucalyptus tortoise beetle) NAP or any other (e) Paropsis charybdis (eucalyptus tortoise beetle) treatment duly approved (f) Puccinia psidii (myrtle rust) by Plant Protection (g) Thaumastocoris peregrinus (bronze bug) Adviser to the (h) Trachymela tincticollis (Australian tortoise beetle) Government of India. (i) Uraba lugens (eucalypt leaf skeletonizer) The treatment should be (j) Mundulla yellows (Mundulla Yellows dieback) endorsed on Phytosanitary Certificate issued at the country of origin/re-export. (iii) Timber (i) New Free from: Fumigation with Methyl logs Zealand (a) Ctenarytaina spatulata bromide at 48g. per with/ (b) Gonipterus scutellatus (eucalyptus snout beetle) cubic metre for 24 hrs. without (c) Paropsis charybdis (eucalyptus tortoise beetle) at 21oC and above or bark for (d) Phoracantha semipunctata (eucalyptus longhorned equivalent thereof under consum- borer) NAP or any other ption (f) Phytophthora cryptogea (tomato foot rot) treatment duly approved (g) Thaumastocoris peregrinus (bronze bug) by Plant Protection (h) Uraba lugens (eucalypt leaf skeletonizer) Adviser to the (ii) Fiji Nil Government of India. The treatment should be endorsed on Phytosanitary Certificate issued at the country of origin/re-export. …/5

(3) (4) (5) (6) (iii) Papua Free from: Fumigation with Methyl New (a) Phoracantha recurva (eucalyptus longhorned borer) bromide at 48g. per cubic Guinea (b) Phoracantha semipunctata (eucalyptus longhorned metre for 24 hrs. at 21oC borer) and above or equivalent (iv) South Free from: thereof under NAP or any Africa (a) Macrotermes natalensis other treatment duly (b) Phoracantha recurva (eucalyptus longhorned borer) approved by Plant (c) Phoracantha semipunctata (eucalyptus longhorned Protection Adviser to the borer) Government of India. The (d) Botryosphaeria dothidea (canker of almond) treatment should (e) Ceratocystis moniliformis be endorsed on (f) Coniothyrium zuluense (coniothyrium canker of Phytosanitary Certificate eucalyptus) issued at the country of (g) Lasiodiplodia iraniensis origin/re-export. (h) Puccinia psidii (myrtle rust) (i) Thaumastocoris peregrines (bronze bug) (j) Trachymela tincticollis (Australian tortoise beetle)

(vi) Against serial number 375, relating to Khaya ivorensis (Khaya) in column (3) against the entry ‘Timber logs without bark’ and the entries relating thereto the following entries in columns (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be substituted, namely:

(3) (4) (5) (6) Timber Africa Free from: Fumigation with Methyl bromide at logs (a) Cledus obesus 48g. per cubic metre for 24 hrs. at with/ (b) Gyroptera robertsi 21°C and above or equivalent thereof without (c) Hypsipyla robusta under NAP and the treatment to be bark (d) Catopyla dysorphnaea endorsed on phytosanitary certificate or by any other fumigant/substance in manner approved by the Plant Protection Adviser. (3) (4) (5) (6) Timber Africa Free from: Fumigation with Methyl bromide at logs (a) Cledus obesus 48g. per cubic metre for 24 hrs. at with/ (b) Gyroptera robertsi 21oC and above or equivalent thereof without (c) Hypsipyla robusta under NAP and the treatment to be bark (d) Catopyla dysorphnaea endorsed on phytosanitary certificate or by any other fumigant/substance in manner approved by the Plant Protection Adviser. (3) (4) (5) (6) Timber Africa Free from: Fumigation with Methyl bromide at logs (a) Cledus obesus 48g. per cubic metre for 24 hrs. at with/ (b) Gyroptera robertsi 21oC and above or equivalent thereof without (c) Hypsipyla robusta under NAP and the treatment to be bark (d) Catopyla dysorphnaea endorsed on phytosanitary certificate or by any other fumigant/substance in manner approved by the Plant Protection Adviser.

(vii) Against serial number 516, relating to Tamarindus indica (Tamarind), in column (3) after the entry (ii) regarding ‘Plants for propagation, and entries relating thereto the following entries in columns (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be substituted, namely:

(3) (4) (5) (6) iii) Fruits Any Free from: i) Free from Quarantine (pods)/pulp/ country (a) Apomyelois ceratoniae (knot-horn, blunt-winged, weed seeds, soil and other seed for carob moth ) plant debris consumption (b) Ceroplastes cirripediformis (barnacle scale) ii) Fumigation with Methyl (c) Hypothenemus obscurus (tropical nut borer) bromide at 32 g. per cu.m. (d) Sitophilus linearis (tamarind weevil) for 24 hrs. at 21°C and (e) Selenaspidus articulatus (West Indian red scale) equivalent thereof. The treatment should be endorsed on Phytosanitary Certificate issued at the country of origin/re-export. …/6

(viii) Against serial number 643, relating to Bambusa bambos in column (3) against the entries (i) ‘wood without bark’ and the entries relating thereto the following entries in columns (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be substituted, namely:

(3) (4) (5) (6) Wood with/ Indonesia Nil Fumigation with Methyl bromide at 48 without g. per cu.m. for 24 hrs. at 21oC and bark above or equivalent thereof under NAP or any other treatment approved by Plant Protection Adviser to the Government of India. The treatment should be endorsed on Phytosanitary Certificate issued at the country of origin/re-export.

(ix) Against serial number 644, relating to Cocos nucifera (Coconut wood) in column (3) against the entries (i) ‘wood without bark’ and the entries relating thereto the following entries in columns (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be substituted, namely:

(3) (4) (5) (6) Wood with/ Indonesia Free from: Fumigation with Methyl without (a) Aleurodicus destructor (coconut whitefly) bromide at 48g. per cubic bark (b) Chondracris rosea (citrus locust) metre for 24 hrs. at 21°C and (c) Coptotermes (termites) above or equivalent thereof (d) Coptotermes curvignathus (rubber termite) under NAP or any other (e) Metamasius hemipterus(West Indian cane treatment approved by Plant weevil) Protection Adviser to the (f) Nipaecoccus nipae (spiked mealybug) Government of India. The (g) Rhynchophorus vulneratus (Asiaticpalm treatment should be endorsed weevil) on Phytosanitary Certificate (h) Unaspis citri (citrus snow scale) issued at the country of (i) Ganoderma boninense (basal stem rot of oil origin/re-export. palm) (j) Brontispa longissima (coconut hispine beetle) (k) Icerya samaraia (steatococcus scale) (l) Plesispa reichei (coconut hispid) (m) Rhynchophorus bilineatus (black palm weevil) (n) Scapanes australis (rhinoceros beetle)

(x) Against serial number 648, relating to Quassia amara (Quassia) in column (3) against the entries (i) ‘wood without bark’ and the entries relating thereto the following entries in columns (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be substituted, namely:

(3) (4) (5) (6) Wood with/ (i) Mexico Nil Fumigation with Methyl bromide at 48 without (ii) Brazil g. per cubic metre for 24 hrs. at 21oC bark and above or equivalent thereof under NAP or any other treatment approved by Plant Protection Adviser.

The treatment should be endorsed on Phytosanitary Certificate issued at the country of origin/re-export.

(xi) Against serial number 649, relating to Shorea laevis in column (3) against the entries (i) ‘wood without bark’ and the entries relating thereto the following entries in columns (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be substituted, namely:

(3) (4) (5) (6) Wood with/ Indonesia Free from: Fumigation with Methyl bromide at 48 without (a) Coptotermes curvignathus (rubber g. per cubic metre for 24 hrs. at 21oC bark termite) and above or equivalent thereof under (b) Xyleborus pseudopilifer (shot-hole NAP or any other treatment approved borer) by Plant Protection Adviser to the (c) Xylosandrus ater (shothole borer) Government of India.

The treatment should be endorsed on Phytosanitary Certificate issued at the country of origin/re-export. …/7

(xii) Against serial number 653, relating to Imperata cylindrica in column (3) against the entries (i) ‘wood without bark’ and the entries relating thereto the following entries in columns (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be substituted, namely:

(3) (4) (5) (6) Wood with/ Indonesia Nil Fumigation with Methyl bromide at without 48g. per cubic metre for 24 hrs. at bark 21oC and above or equivalent thereof under NAP or any other treatment approved by Plant Protection Adviser to the Government of India. The treatment should be endorsed on Phytosanitary Certificate issued at the country of origin/re-export.

(xiii) Against serial number 727, relating to Picea engelmannii in column (3) against the entries (i) ‘wood without bark’ and the entries relating thereto the following entries in columns (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be substituted, namely:

(3) (4) (5) (6) Wood with/ Canada Free from: Fumigation with without (a) Choristoneura fumiferana (Spruce budworm) Methyl bromide at 48 bark (b) Choristoneura occidentalis (western spruce g. per cubic metre for budworm) 24 hrs. at 21oC and (c) Dendroctonu sponderosae (black hills beetle) above or equivalent (d) Dendroctonus rufipennis (spruce beetle) thereof under NAP (e) Dryocoetes confuses (western balsam bark beetle) or heat treatment (f) Monochamus notatus (northeastern sawyer) at 56oC (core (g) Trypodendron lineatum (striped ambrosia beetle) temperature) for 30 (h) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pine wilt nematode) minutes or any other (i) Heterobasidion annosum treatment approved by (j) Heterobasidion parviporum Plant Protection (k) Lambdina fiscellaria (eastern hemlock looper) Adviser to the (l) Sirococcus conigenus (sirococcus blight of conifers) Government of India. (m) Choristoneura freemani (western spruce budworm) The treatment should (n) Ips pini (pine engraver) be endorsed on (o) Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth) Phytosanitary (p) Orgyia pseudotsugata (douglas-fir tussock moth) Certificate issued at the country of origin/ re-export.

(xiv) Against serial number 728, relating to Picea glauca in column (3) against the entries (i) ‘wood without bark’ and the entries relating thereto the following entries in columns (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be substituted, namely:

(3) (4) (5) (6) Wood with/ Canada Free from: Fumigation with without (a) Choristoneura fumiferana (spruce budworm) Methyl bromide at 48 bark (b) Choristoneura occidentalis (western spruce g. per cubic metre for budworm) 24 hrs. at 21oC and (c) Choristoneura pinus pinus (jack-pine budworm) above or equivalent (d) Dendroctonus rufipennis (spruce beetle) thereof under NAP or (e) Monochamus notatus (northeastern sawyer) heat treatment at (f) Monochamus titillator (southern pine sawyer) 56oC (core tempera- (g) Pissodes nemorensis (northern pine weevil) ture) for 30 minutes or (h) Heterobasidion parviporum any other treatment (i) Arceuthobium pusillum (eastern dwarf mistletoe) approved by Plant (j) Gilpinia hercyniae (spruce sawfly) Protection Adviser to (k) Lambdina fiscellaria (eastern hemlock looper) the Government of (l) Sirococcus conigenus (sirococcus blight of conifers) India. (m) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pine wilt nematode) The treatment should (n) Choristoneura freemani (western spruce budworm) be endorsed on (o) Gremmeniella abietina (Brunchorstia disease) Phytosanitary (p) Ips pini (pine engraver) Certificate issued at (q) Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth) the country of origin/ re-export. …/8

(3) (4) (5) (6) (r) Orgyia leucostigma (white-marked tussock moth) (s) Tetropium fuscum (brown spruce longhorn beetle) (t) Polygraphus rufipennis (foureyed spruce bark beetle)

(xv) Against serial number 729, relating to Picea stichensis in column (3) against the entries (i) ‘wood without bark’ and the entries relating thereto the following entries in columns (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be substituted, namely:

(3) (4) (5) (6) Wood with/ (i) Canada Free from: Fumigation with Methyl without (a) Dendroctonus rufipennis (spruce beetle) bromide at 48 g. per cubic bark (b) Operophtera brumata(winter moth) metre for 24 hrs. at 21oC and (c) Sirex juvencus (steel-blue woodwasp) above or equivalent thereof (d) Trypodendron ineatum (striped ambrosia under NAP or heat treatment beetle) at 56oC (core temperature) (e) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pine wilt for 30 minutes or any other nematode) treatment approved by Plant (f) Heterobasidion annosum Protection Adviser to the (g) Heterobasidion parviporum Government of India. (h) Gilpinia hercyniae (spruce sawfly) The treatment should be (i) Lambdina fiscellaria (eastern hemlock endorsed on Phytosanitary looper) Certificate issued at the (j) Pityogenes chalcographus (sixtoothed country of origin/re-export. spruce bark beetls) (k) Sirococcus conigenus (sirococcus blight of conifers) (l) Ips plastographus (California pine engraver) (m) Phytophthora ramorum (sudden oak death (SOD)) (ii) Ivory Nil (i) Fumigation with Methyl Coast bromide at 48 g. per cubic metre for 24 hrs. at 21oC and above or equivalent thereof under NAP or heat treatment at 56oC (core temperature) for 30 minutes or any other treatment approved by Plant Protection Adviser to the Government of India.

The treatment should be endorsed on Phytosanitary Certificate issued at the country of origin/re-export.

(ii) Free from quarantine weed seeds, soil and other plant debris.

(xvi) Against serial number 762, relating to Populus nigra in column (3) against the entries (i) ‘timber logs without bark for consumption’ and the entries relating thereto the following entries in columns (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be substituted, namely:

(3) (4) (5) (6) (i) Timber (i) Belgium Free from: Fumigation with Methyl logs with/ (a) Lymantria monacha (nun moth) bromide at 48 g. per cubic without (b) Anoplophora glabripennis (Asian longhorned metre for 24 hrs. at 21oC and bark beetle) above or equivalent thereof (c) Cryptorhynchus lapathi (Poplar and willow or heat treatment at 56oC borer) (core temperature) for 30 (d) Saperda carcharias (Large poplar borer) minutes or any other (e) Xanthomonas populi (Bacterial canker of treatment approved by Plant poplar) Protection Adviser to the Government of India. The treatment should be endorsed on Phytosanitary Certificate issued at the country of origin/re-export. …/9

(3) (4) (5) (6) (ii) Germany Free from: Fumigation with Methyl (a) Anoplophora glabripennis (Asian longhorned bromide at 48g. per beetle) cubic metre for 24 hrs. (b) Lymantria monacha (nun moth) at 21oC and above (c) Tremexf uscicornis(Tremex wasp) or equivalent thereof (d) Heterobasidion annosum or heat treatment (e) Cryptorhynchus lapathi (Poplar and willow borer) at 56oC (core (f) Saperda carcharias (Large poplar borer) temperature) for 30 (g) Xanthomonas populi (Bacterial canker of poplar) minutes or any other (h) Eutypa lata (Eutypa dieback) treatment approved by Plant Protection Adviser to the Government of India. The treatment should be endorsed on Phytosanitary Certificate issued at the country of origin/ re- export.

(xvii) Against serial number 771, relating to Picea mariana in column (3) against the entries (i) ‘wood without bark’ and the entries relating thereto the following entries in columns (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be substituted, namely:

(3) (4) (5) (6) Wood (i) Canada Free from: Fumigation with Methyl with/ (a)Chrysomyxa pirolata (Inland spruce cone bromide at 48g. per without rust ) cubic metre for 24 hrs. bark (b) Cydia strobilella (Spruce seed moth) at 21oC and above or (c) Dryocoetes affaber (Spruce Bark beetle) equivalent thereof (d) Dryocoetes autographus (Spruce Bark beetle) under NAP or heat (e) Hylobius congener (Seedling debarking weevil) treatment at 56oC (core (f) Ips perturbatus (Northern spruce engraver) temperature) for 30 (g) Polygraphus rufipennis (Foureyed Spruce minutes or any other Bark beetle) treatment approved by (h) Arceuthobium pusillum (eastern dwarf mistletoe) Plant Protection (i) Dendroctonus rufipennis (spruce beetle) Adviser. (j) Gilpinia hercyniae (spruce sawfly) The treatment should (k) Lambdina fiscellaria (eastern hemlock looper) be endorsed on (l) Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth) Phytosanitary (m) Pissodes nemorensis (northern pine weevil) Certificate issued at the (n) Sirococcus conigenus (sirococcus blight of conifers) country of origin/ re- (o) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pine wilt nematode) export. (p) Choristoneura fumiferana (spruce budworm) (q) Choristoneura pinus pinus (jack-pine budworm) (r) Gremmeniella abietina (Brunchorstia disease) (s) Tetropium fuscum (brown spruce longhorn beetle) …/10

(xviii) Against serial number 772, relating to Picea rubens in column (3) against the entries (i) ‘wood without bark’ and the entries relating thereto the following entries in columns (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall respectively be substituted, namely:

(3) (4) (5) (6) Wood (i) Canada Free from Fumigation with Methyl with/ (a) Arceuthobium pusillum (Eastern dwarf mistletoe) bromide at 48g. per without (b) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Pine wilt nematode) cubic metre for 24 hrs. bark (c) Dendroctonus rufipennis (Spruce beetle) at 21oC and above (d) Gremmeniella abietina (Brunchorstia disease) or equivalent thereof (e) Heterobasidion annosum under NAP or heat (f) Ipspini (Pine engraver) treatment at 56oC (core (g) Lambdina fiscellaria(Eastern hemlock looper) temperature) for 30 (h) Monochamus marmorator (Balsam fir sawyer) minutes or any other (i) Sirococcus conigenus (Sirococcus blight of conifers) treatment approved by (j) Tetropium fuscum (Brown spruce longhornbeetle ) Plant Protection (k) Gilpinia hercyniae (spruce sawfly) Adviser. (l) Choristoneura fumiferana (spruce budworm) The treatment should (m) Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth) be endorsed on Phytosanitary Certificate issued at the country of origin/ re- export.

Sd/- (Dr. B. Rajender) Jt. Secy.

S.O.1248(E) F.No.8-21/2017-PP.II(Vol.II) Issued by: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare) New Delhi

Note: The Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003 was published in the Gazette of India, vide, number S.O.1322(E) dated 18th November, 2003, and subsequently amended vide number S.O.167(E), dated 6th February 2004, S.O.427(E), dated 29th March, 2004, S.O.644(E), dated 31st May 2004, S.O.263(E), dated 25th February 2005, S.O.462(E), dated 31st March 2005, S.O.1121(E), dated 14th July 2006, S.O.1353(E), dated 31st July 2006, S.O.1873(E), dated 31st October 2006, S.O.2074(E), dated 6th December 2006, S.O.2069(E), dated 3rd December, 2007, S.O.3(E), dated 1st January, 2008, S.O.2847(E), dated 8th December, 2008, S.O.2888(E), dated 15th December, 2008, S.O.2286(E), dated 9th September, 2009, S.O.2390(E), dated 16th September, 2009, S.O.3269(E), dated 23rd December, 2009, S.O.3298(E), dated 24th December, 2009, S.O.907(E), dated 21st April, 2010, S.O.2095(E), dated 27th August, 2010, S.O.2284(E), dated 15th September, 2010, S.O.2516(E), dated 11th October, 2010, S.O.2711(E) dated 4th November, 2010, S.O.3052(E) dated 28th December, 2010, S.O.887(E) dated 28th April, 2011, S.O.No.2845(E) dated 21st December, 2011, S.O.No.296(E) dated 17th February, 2012, S.O.2775(E) dated 23rd November, 2012, S.O.799(E) dated 21st March, 2013, S.O.1378(E) dated 28th May, 2013, S.O.1531(E) dated 14th June, 2013, S.O.2919(E) dated 26th September, 2013, S.O.1508(E) dated 13th June, 2014, S.O.No.1632(E) dated 27th June, 2014, S.O.No.2320(E) dated 12th September, 2014, S.O.No.2542(E) dated 29th September, 2014, S.O.No.2879(E) dated 11th November, 2014, S.O.No.3114(E) dated 10th December, 2014, S.O.No.1413(E) dated 26th May, 2015, S.O.No.2496(E) dated 15th September, 2015, S.O.No.101(E) dated 13th January, 2016, S.O.No.608(E) dated 7th March, 2016 S.O.No.1873(E) dated 25th May, 2016, S.O.No.2192(E) dated 20th June, 2016, S.O.No.2248(E) dated 29th June, 2016, S.O.No.2453(E) dated 5th July, 2016, S.O.No.2614(E) dated 5th August, 2016, S.O.No.264(E) dated 12th January, 2017, S.O.No.364(E) dated 3rd February, 2017, S.O.1344(E) dated 27th April, 2017, S.O.1475(E) dated 8th May, 2017 and S.O.2019 (E) dated 21st June, 2017 and S.O.2152(E) dated 6th July, 2017, S.O.No.2752(E) dated 23rd August, 2017, S.O.No.3293(E) dated 6th October, 2017 and S.O.No.3556(E) dated 7th November, 2017.

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