Attachment Import-prohibition (restriction) of host plants of Radopholus similis 
 1. Prohibition (Restriction) of import 
  ○ In accordance with Article 10, 11 of the Plant Protection Act and Annex 1 Subparagraph 
14 of Enforcement Rule of the same Act, Import-prohibited (restricted) plants from 
prohibited (restricted) areas can not be imported. 
Import-Prohibited(Restricted) Plants Prohibited(Restricted) Areas Prohibited Pests
 Living and fresh underground parts of
Rutaceae · Alpinia spp. · Beta spp · Calathea  spp. 
· Chamaedorea spp. · Chlorospatha spp. · 
Coffea spp. · Ctenanthe  spp. · Cucurbita  spp. 
· Dioscorea  spp. · Epipremnum  spp. · Heliconia  
spp. · Homalomena  spp. · Jasminum  spp. · 
Johannesteijsmannia  spp. · Licuala spp. · 
Livistona  spp. · Maranta  spp. · Musa spp. · 
Persea spp. · Polyscias  spp. · Pyrus spp. · 
Rhapis spp. · Scindapsus  spp. · Staurogyne  spp. 
· Strelitzia  spp. · Stromanthe  spp. · 
Vallisneria  spp. · Abelmoschus esculentus  · 
Agathis dammara  ·  Allium tuberosum  · 
Amydrium zippelianum  · Ananas comosus  · 
Arachis hypogaea  · Areca catechu  · 
Callopsis volkensii ·Camellia sinensis  · Canna 
indica · Capsicum annuum  · Cercestis mirabilis  
· Citrullus lanatus · Cocos nucifera  · Cucumis 
melo · Curcuma longa · Daucus carota · 
Ficus benjamina  · Gardenia jasminoides  · 
Glycine max · Indigofera hirsuta · Ipomoea 
batatas · Litchi chinensis  · Lycopersicon 
esculentum  · Medicago sativa · Momordica 
charantia  · Phaseolus vulgaris  · Pinus elliottii  
· Pinus taeda · Piper nigrum · Raphanus sativus 
· Rhaphidophora decursiva  · Saccharum 
officinarum  · Solanum americanum  · Zea mays 
· Zingiber officinale
 The cuttings · scions and living 
underground parts of Anthurium  spp., 
Philodendron  spp. and Monstera  spp.
 The whole plants (including leaves and 
stems) of Anubias spp.․ Bucephalandra spp. 
and Cyperus  spp. - North America: United States of 
America, Canada, Mexico
 - Central America : All
 - South America : All(except Chile)
 - Africa: All
 - Asia: India, Indonesia, Malaysia, 
Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, 
Thailand, Brunei, Lebanon, 
Oman, Singapore, Yemen,  
China (restricted areas: 
Guangzhou City · Maoming City 
· Shenzhen City in Guangdong,  
Fujian and Hong Kong), Chinese 
Taipei, Japan, Cambodia
 - Europe: Belgium, France, 
Portugal, Italy, Netherlands, 
Poland, Slovenia, Denmark, 
Sweden, United Kingdom, 
Hungary, Estonia
 - Oceania & the Pacific: Australia 
(except Tasmania), Palau, Guam, 
Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, 
Solomon Islands, French 
Polynesia, Fiji, Hawaiian Islands, 
New Zealand, Samoa, Samoa, 
Tonga, New Caledonia, 
American Samoa, Cook Islands 
(New Zealand), Niue (New 
Zealand), Norfolk Island 
(Australia), Papua New Guinea - Burrowing nematode  
[Radopholus similis]
 ○ The fresh underground parts for human consumption of Alpinia  spp. excluding 
A. nutans , A. zerumbet  and A. purpurata  which is accompanied Phytosanitary 
Certificate with following additional declaration with lab testing.
     : “This shipment was inspected and found free of Radopholus similis. ”
 2. The date of application 
  ○ This measure regarding the added host plants (underlined part) will be 
applied from the consignment shipped on and after December 18, 2023.