Voluntary Report - public distribution

**Date:** 9/16/2004

**GAIN Report Number:** IN4099

IN4099

**India**

**FAIRS Product Specific**

**Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (4th Amendment)
Order, 2004**

**2004**

**Approved by:**

![](media/image1.wmf)Chad R. Russell

U.S. Embassy, New Delhi

**Prepared by:**

A. Govindan

**Report Highlights:**

The Ministry of Agriculture recently posted on its website the fourth
amendment, dated September 9, 2004, to its Plant Quarantine (Regulation
of Import into India) Order 2003, effective immediately. This amendment
is likely to have negative ramifications on imports of several U.S.
agricultural products into India, particularly fresh fruits for
consumption, and it has not been notified to the WTO.

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

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**Introduction**: This report summarizes the fourth amendment, dated
September 9, 2004, to the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Imports into
India) Order 2003. This amendment has not been notified to the WTO.

**Disclaimer:** This summary is based on a *cursory* review of the
subject announcement and therefore should not, under any circumstances,
be viewed as a definitive reading on the regulation in question, or of
its implications for U.S. agricultural export trade interests.

**Type of Regulation**: Final

**Important Dates:**

Publication Date: September 9, 2004

Effective Date: September 9, 2004

**Products Affected**: Citrus spp (fresh fruits for consumption), grapes
(fresh fruits for consumption), Pome fruits (fresh fruits for
consumption), Stone fruits (fresh fruits for consumption),
seeds/planning materials of several flowers, vegetables, and wood of
various species.

**Agency in Charge:** Ministry of Agriculture

**Proposed Change:**

This amendment contains several changes, including the deletion and
addition of pests and/or new additional declarations and special
conditions in Schedule V (lists of plants and plant materials restricted
import only by authorized institutions with additional declarations and
special conditions) and Schedule VI (lists of plants/plant materials
permitted import with additional declarations and special conditions).
These changes are likely to have negative ramifications on Indian
imports of several agricultural products from the United States.

For imports for consumption of various fruits (citrus, grapes, pome, and
stone) from the United States, additional declarations or special
conditions have been imposed for, among others, *Anastrepha fraterculus*
(South American fruit fly), *A. ludens* (Mexican fruit fly), *Ceratitis
capitata* (Mediterranean fruit fly), *Rhagoletis* spp (Cherry fruit
flies), and *Rhagoletis pomonella* (Apple maggot).

For details see:
[http://agricoop.nic.in/gazette/Amended%209th%20Sep2004.pdf](http://agricoop.nic.in/gazette/Amended 9th Sep2004.pdf)

Examples:

1\) New special conditions for imports of fresh fruits for consumption
[from USA]{.underline}.

> \- **Citrus**: Declare pest-free status on phytosanitary certificate
> per international standards, or Methyl Bromide fumigation, or
> pre-shipment cold treatment plus in-transit refrigeration for select
> pests.
>
> \- **Grapes**: Declare pest-free status on phytosanitary certificate
> per international standards, or Methyl Bromide fumigation, or
> pre-shipment cold treatment plus in-transit refrigeration for select
> pests.
>
> \- **Pome fruit (Apple/Pear etc)**: Declare pest-free status on
> phytosanitary certificate per international standards, or pre-shipment
> cold treatment plus in-transit refrigeration for select pests.

2\) New special conditions for imports of stone fruits (fresh fruit for
consumption, such as plums, peach, cherry, etc.) [from all
origins]{.underline}: Declare pest-free status on phytosanitary
certificate per international standards, or pre-shipment cold treatment
plus in-transit refrigeration for select pests.

3\) Added various types of wood spp. that are permitted for import from
the USA along with additional declarations and special conditions. These
wood species are:

\- Alder (wood with bark)

\- Birch (wood with bark)

\- Cherry (wood with bark)

\- Walnut (wood with bark)

\- Douglas Fir (wood without bark)

\- Fir wood (wood without bark)

\- Spruce (wood without bark)

For more information about the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import
into India) Order 2003, see:
<http://agricoop.nic.in/gazette/gazette.htm>

These websites are mentioned for readers' convenience; USDA does **NOT**
in any way endorse, guarantee the accuracy of, or necessarily concur
with the information contained in the above sites.