Plant Quarantine Import Regulations Thailand Plant Quarantine Act Presently, the Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 (1952) amended by the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542 (1999) is being enforced. The Act contains 27 Sections. In order to prevent the invasion of plant pests and diseases from outside the country, a number of regulations, notifications and orders are applied to imported plants and plant products under the Plant Quarantine Act. Administrative Body of the Act The Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 (1952) amended by the Plant Quarantine Act (No. 2) B.E. 2542 (1999) is administered by the Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. The Department of Agriculture has assigned the Plant Quarantine Sub-Division, Agricultural Regulatory Division to carry out various functions authorized by the Act. Plant Quarantine Import Requirements Under the Act, the import of plants and plant products is categorized into 3 groups namely prohibited, restricted and unprohibited materials according to their economic importance and prevalence to plant pests and diseases at their place of origin. Following are import requirements of prohibited, restricted and unprohibited materials. • Prohibited materials : The import of the following items listed in Table 1 is not allowed. Exceptions are permitted only for cases approved in advance by the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of experimentation or research only. (1) Plants and plant products designated by the Ministerial Notification, shipped from the areas specify by the Ministerial Notification. (2) Plants, plants pests and diseases and carriers (3) Soil and organic fertilizer The requirement for importation of prohibited materials is set as follows: (1) They must be imported via 3 plant quarantine stations namely; Bangkok International Airport, Bangkok Maritime Port and Bangkok General Post Office Plant Quarantine Station. (2) They must bear phytosanitary certificate issued by the proper government agency of the exporting country. (3) Phytosanitary certificate should be declared that the consignment is free from plant quarantine pests and diseases according to conditions prescribed the Director-General of the Department of Agriculture. 2 • Restricted materials The import of the following items listed in Table 2 is allowed. The requirement for importation of restricted materials is set as follows: (1) They must bear phytosanitary certificate issued by the proper government agency of the exporting country. (2) The must be handled according to conditions prescribed by plant quarantine officer. (3) Furthermore, importation of restricted materials, particularly, plants intended for propagation must be subjected to thoroughly examination. • Unprohibited materials Plant materials other than those classified as prohibited and restricted materials are unprohibited materials. Permission and a Phytosanitary Certificate are not required for importation. However, the imported unprohibited materials have to be notified for inspection at ports of entry. All materials are subjected to inspection and also put under quarantine treatment or destruction if plant quarantine pests and diseases are found. ----------------------------- 3 Table 1. Prohibited Materials No. Plant, Plant pest Source Exception or Carrier Plant 1 Plant in the genus Africa 1. Preserved food. Citrus, Fortunella Australia 2. Oranges (including navels, valencias, and Poncirus Central America mandarins and its hybrids such as Ceylon tangor), lemons, grapefruit (including Europe pummelo) from Australia which must India be handled according to the Indonesia Department of Agriculture Japan Notification : Conditions for Import Near East of Fresh Citrus Fruit from Australia to Mediterranean Thailand dated 15 June 2004. Region 3. Oranges (including navels, South America tangerines, tangelos, valencias), United States of lemons and grapefruit (including America pummelo) from California, USA which must be handled according to specific commodity understanding 1 (SCU 1) : conditions for export of fresh citrus from California, USA to Thailand. 4. Oranges (including navels, tangerines, tangelos, valencias), grapefruit (including pummelo) and lemon (excluding sour lemon, Citrus limon) from Florida, USA which must be handled according to specific commodity understanding 2 : Conditions for export of fresh citrus fruit from Florida, USA to Thailand. 5. Oranges (navels, tangerines, tangelos, valencias), lemons, limes, and grapefruit (including pommelo) from Arizona, USA which must be handled according to specific commodity understanding 4 : Conditions for export of fresh citrus fruit from Arizona, USA to Thailand. 6. Citrus seeds from California, USA, French, Spain, Israel, South Africa and Australia which must be handled according to conditions stipulated by the Director-General of the Department of Agriculture and accompanied by Phytosanitary Certificate. 4 No. Plant, Plant pest Source Exception or Carrier 2 Coconut Central America 1. Preserved food. (Cocos nucifera) East Africa 2. Finished products of coconut plants Guam which have been processed by the India method declared by the owner to the Philippines Director-General of the Department South America of Agriculture before the West Indies importation and the Director- West Africa General of the Department of Agriculture has decided the same are free of plant pests. 3. Dehusked coconut which must be handled according to conditions stipulated by the Director-General of the Department of Agriculture. 3 Plants in the genus Africa Cotton lint imported for industrial use Gossypium Central America which must be accompanied by a Mexico Phytosanitary Certificate of the country United States of of origin. America Venezuela West Indies 4 Plants in the genus Central America Hevea such as South America rubber etc. and West Indies carrier such as Fresh latex, Cup lump, Scrap. 5 Cassava Africa Preserved food (Manihot esculenta) Brazil Flour Indonesia Sago 6 Plants in the genus Central America 1. Preserved food Oryza Ceylon 2. Finished products of plants in the India genus Oryza spp. Which much be Japan handled according to conditions Philippines stipulated by the Director-General of Republic of the Department of Agriculture China 3. Rice, broken-milled rice and steamed South America rice which much be accompanied by United States of Phytosanitary Certificate America West Africa West Indies Genetically modified plant 1 Plants in the genus All countries Agrostis 5 No. Plant, Plant pest Source Exception or Carrier 2 Actinidia chinensis All countries Planch 3 Allium cepa L. All countries 4 Plants in the genus All countries Amelanchier 5 Ananus comosus (L.) All countries Merr. 6 Apium graveolens All countries var. dulce (Mill.) D.C. 7 Arabidopsis thaliana All countries L. 8 Plants in the genus All countries Arachis 9 Armoracia rusticana All countries P. Gaertner, Meyer & Scherb. 10 Asparagus officinalis All countries Linn. 11 Atropa belladonna L. All countries 12 Avena sativa L. All countries 13 Beta vulgaris L. sub All countries sp. vulgaris 14 Plants in the genus All countries Brassica 15 Plants in the genus All countries Camellia 16 Plants in the genus All countries Capsicum 17 Papaya (Carica All countries papaya L.) 18 Plants in the genus All countries Chrysanthemum 19 Cichorium intybus L. All countries 20 Citrullus lanatus All countries (Thumb) Matsun & Nakai 21 Plants in the genus All countries Citrus 22 Cocos nucifera L. All countries 23 Plants in the genus All countries Coffea 24 Plants in the genus All countries Cucumis 25 Plants in the genus All countries Cucurbita 6 No. Plant, Plant pest Source Exception or Carrier 26 Daucus carota L. All countries 27 Plants in the genus All countries Dendranthema 28 Dianthus All countries caryophyllus L. 29 Elaeis guineensis All countries Jacq. 30 Plants in the genus All countries Eucalyptus 31 Plants in the genus All countries Fortunella 32 Plants in the genus All countries Fragaria 33 Plants in the genus All countries Gladiolus 34 Glycine max L. All countries 1. Preserved food 2. Soybean use as raw material to produce animal feed or food for human consumption or use for industrial purpose 35 Plants in the genus All countries Gossypium 36 Plants in the genus All countries Helianthus 37 Plants in the genus All countries Hevea 38 Plants in the genus All countries Hordeum 39 Plants in the genus All countries Ipomoea 40 Plants in the genus All countries Juglans 41 Lactuca sativa L. All countries 42 Lens culinaris All countries Medik. 43 Plants in the genus All countries Linum 44 Liquidambar All countries styraciflua L. 45 Plant in the genus All countries Lupinus 46 Lycopersicon All countries esculentum Miller 47 Plant in the genus All countries Malus 48 Manihot esculenta All countries 7 No. Plant, Plant pest Source Exception or Carrier Crantz. 49 Plant in the genus All countries Musa 50 Medicago sativa L. All countries 51 Tobacco (Nicotiana All countries tabacum L.) 52 Plant in the family All countries Orchidaceae 53 Plant in the genus All countries Oryza 54 Plant in the genus All countries Papaver 55 Plant in the genus All countries Pelargonium 56 Plants in the genus All countries Petunia 57 Plant in the genus All countries Phaseolus 58 Plant in the genus All countries Picea 59 Pisum sativum All countries 60 Plant in the genus All countries Poncirus 61 Plants in the genus All countries Populus 62 Plant in the genus All countries Prunus 63 Plant in the genus All countries Pyrus 64 Ribes nigrum All countries 65 Plant in the genus All countries Ricinus 66 Plant in the genus All countries Rosa 67 Plants in the genus All countries Rubus 68 Plants in the genus All countries Saccharum 69 Plants in the genus All countries Solanum 70 Plants in the genus All countries Sorghum 71 Plants in the genus All countries Stylosanthes 72 Theobroma cacao L. All countries 73 Torenia fournieri All countries 8 No. Plant, Plant pest Source Exception or Carrier Lind. 74 Plants in the genus All countries Trifolium 75 Plants in the genus All countries Triticum 76 Plants in the genus All countries Vaccinium 77 Plants in the genus All countries Vigna 78 Plants in the genus All countries Vitis 79 Corn (Zea mays L.) All countries 1. Preserved food 2.