G/SPS/N/AUS/507/Add.1  
28 October 2022  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 28 October 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Australia . 
 
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Final report for the review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh apple fruit from the Pacific 
Northwest states of the United States of America  
The Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has completed the risk 
analysis for the importation of fresh apples from the Pacific Northwest States of the United States of 
America (PNW -USA), i.e., Washington, Oregon and Idaho,  into Australia.  
The final report recommends a combination of risk management measures and a system of 
operational procedures that will reduce the biosecurity risk associated with the importation of apples 
from the PNW -USA to achieve Australia's appropria te level of protection.  
The final report recommends that the importation of fresh apples from the PNW -USA into Australia 
be permitted, subject to the application of phytosanitary measures for 20 quarantine pests.  
These pests are:  
• apple maggot ( Rhagoletis p omonella ), 
• two species of mites (flat scarlet mite ( Cenopalpus pulcher ) and McDaniel spider mite  
(Tetranychus mcdanieli )), 
• two species of thrips (eastern flower thrips  (Frankliniella tritici ) and western flower thrips  
(Frankliniella occidentalis )), 
• two spe cies of mealybugs (apple mealybug  (Phenacoccus aceris ) and grape mealybug  
(Pseudococcus maritimus )), 
• seven species of leaf roller or fruit moths (codling moth  (Cydia pomonella ), European leafroller 
(Archips rosana ), fruit tree leafroller ( Archips argyrospila ), large fruit tree tortrix  (Archips 
podana ), oblique -banded leafroller  (Choristoneura rosaceana ), orange tortrix  (Argyrotaenia 
franciscana ) and Pandemis leafroller  (Pandemis pyrusana )), and  
• six species of fungal pathogens (apple blotch  (Phyllos ticta arbutifolia ), Gymnosporangium  
rusts ( Gymnosporangium clavipes, G. juniperi -virginianae and G. libocedri ), speck rot  
(Phacidiopycnis washingtonensis ) and Sphaeropsis rot  (Sphaeropsis pyriputrescens )). 
Specific commercial production practices, already in place in PNW -USA, are recommended as 
mandatory to manage the risk of a further three pests: apple leafcurling midge ( Dasineura mali ), fire 
blight ( Erwinia amylovora ) and European canker ( Neonectria ditissima ). G/SPS/N/AUS/507/Add.1  
 
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  The draft report for this risk analysis was  published on the Australian Government Department of 
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry website on 23 October 2020 for a 90 -day stakeholder consultation 
period and was notified to WTO members (G/SPS/N/AUS/507).  
The final report is available in English on the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, 
Fisheries and Forestry website at: https://www.agri culture.gov.au/biosecurity -trade/policy/risk -
analysis/plant/apples -usa-2018 
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced fin al date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  Nationa l Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT Australia 2601  
Tel: +(61 2) 6272 3933  
Email: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au  
Website: http://www.agriculture.gov.au  
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Poin t. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT Australia 2601  
Tel: +(61 2) 6272 3933  
Email: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au  
Website: http://www.agriculture.gov.au  
 
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