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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/AUS/152
5 September 2003
(03-4644)
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 longan and lychee fruit
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
People's Republic of China and  Thailand
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Longan and Lychee fruit
from China and Thailand, draft import risk an alysis (IRA) report, August 2003 (Available
in English;  part A = 125 pages, part B = 243 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 quarantine import conditions for fresh longan and lychee fruit from China and
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 ten 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
longan and lychee fruit from China and Thailand can be managed by applying a
combination of risk management measures and operational maintenance systems,
specifically:
• registration of export orchards and packinghouses;
• option of cold disinfestation treatment/vapour heat treatment for Bactrocera cucurbitae
and B. dorsalis  (fruit flies);
• option of cold disinfestation treatment/approved orchard control program and
inspection for freedom from Conopomorpha sinensis  (litchi fruit borer);
• inspection for freedom from mealybugs and soft scales;G/SPS/N/AUS/152
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• pre-export inspection by the National Plant Protection Organisation  (NPPO);
• packing, labelling and storage;
• phytosanitary certification by the NPPO; and
• on-arrival quarantine clearance by AQIS.
Details of 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 invitescomments on the technical and economic feasibility of the proposed risk management
measures and import conditions. In particular, comments are sought on their
appropriateness and any alternatives that stakeholders consider would achieve the
identified objectives.
To assist the reader in considering this dr aft IRA report, it is presented in two separate
parts. Part A includes key components of the risk assessment, the proposed riskmanagement measures, the draft import conditions and a summary of the stakeholder
comments on the Technical Issues Paper and Biosecurity Australia's response.  Part B
contains detailed technical components of the risk assessment.
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 enquiry 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 28 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 3678E-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