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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/AUS/151
29 August 2003
(03-4513)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   AUSTRALIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Biosecurity Australia, Australian Government Department of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Fresh mangosteen fruit
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Thailand
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Mangosteen fruit from
Thailand, draft import risk analysis (IRA) report,  August 2003  (Available in English; 132
pages.)
6. Description of content: This Draft Import Risk Analysis (IRA) Report  contains the
following:
• information on the background to this IRA;
• an outline of the methodology and results of pest categorization, risk assessment and
risk management;
• draft phytosanitary import conditions for fresh mangosteen fruit from Thailand;
• further steps in the IRA process;  and
• a summary of stakeholder comments received on the Technical Issues Paper and
Biosecurity Australia's response.
The risk assessment identified five arthropod pests as requiring risk management measures
to reduce the risk to an acceptable level.
This draft IRA report concludes that the risks associated with the importation of fresh
mangosteen fruit from Thailand can be managed by applying a combination of risk
management measures, specifically:
• registration of export orchards and packinghouses;
• harvesting of mature fruit with unbroken skin for freedom from fruit flies;
• pressurized air/water blast for management of mealybugs;
• pre-export inspection by Thailand's Agricultural Regulatory Division (ARD);
• packing, labeling and storage compliance;
• phytosanitary certification by ARD;  and
• on-arrival inspection by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS).G/SPS/N/AUS/151
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Details on these proposed risk management measures, including their objectives, are
provided within this draft IRA report. Details are also provided on how these measures
may be implemented through the draft import conditions. Biosecurity Australia invites
comments on the technical and economic feasibility of the proposed risk management
measures and import conditions, in particular, comments on their appropriateness and any
alternatives that stakeholders consider would achieve the identified objectives.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[ X ] International Plant Protec tion Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:   ISPM 11 has been followed.
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Import Risk Analysis
Handbook 2003 (in English) availabl e from national inquiry point.
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined.
12. Final date for comments:  Comments are requested by 24 October 2003.
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
The Australian SPS Notification Point
GPO Box 858
Canberra  ACT  2601
Australia
Fax:  +61 2 6272 3678
E-mail:  sps.contact@affa.gov.au
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
The documents are also available on the departmental website at www.affa.gov.au/plantcra