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 Notification of Department of Agriculture  
Re: Conditions for Import of Ca nnabis and Hemp Seeds B.E. ….  (…..) 
 
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 The Department of Agriculture has completed pest risk analysis  for commercial 
importation of Cannabis and hemp seeds.   
  
 By virtue of the provisions of Section 8(2) and Section 10 of the Plant Quarantine Act 
B.E. 2507 (1964) amended by the Plant Quarantine Act (No.3) B.E . 2551 (2008) The 
Director-General of Department of Agriculture through the recom mendation of the Plant 
Quarantine Committee hereby announces phytosanitary import requ irements of Cannabis and 
hemp seeds for sowing as follow:  
 
1. This notification shall be called “Notification of Department o f Agriculture, Re: 
Conditions for Import of Ca nnabis and hemp seeds. B.E. …. (…..) .” 
 
2. This notification shall come into force as from the day followi ng the date of its 
publication in the Government Gazette.1  
 
3.  The Notification of Department of Agriculture, Re: Conditions  for Import of Cannabis 
and Hemp Seeds B.E. 2565 (2022) dated 7 June B.E. 2565 (2022) s hall be repealed.  
 
4. Permitted Plant Species 
 
Cannabis  and hemp ( Cannabis sativa ) seeds  
 
5. Permitted Country  
  
 All countries 
 
6. Quarantine Pests of Concern 
 
A list of quarantine pests of concern to the Kingdom of Thailan d for Cannabis and 
hemp seeds is given in the Annex . 
 
7. Import Permit  
 
Import permit issued by the Depar tment of Agriculture (DOA) is required.  
 
 
   
 
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8. Means of Conveyance 
 
Cannabis and hemp seeds must be imported from a port in any cou ntry to a port in the 
Kingdom of Thailand by air cargo.  
 
9. Requirements for Importation   
 
9.1 Cannabis and hemp seeds must be non-genetically modified or ganisms. 
 
9.2 The shipment must be packed in new, clean packaging  and free of live insects, 
soil, sand, contaminant seeds, other plant materials (including  leaf, stem material, 
fruit pulp, pod material) and animal materials (including anima l faeces and 
feathers). 
 
9.3 Cannabis and hemp seed lots are required to fulf ill one of the following 
phytosanitary import c onditions,  or a combination of the conditions addressing 
each of the following quarantine pests; Pseudomonas syringae  pv. cannabina , 
Xanthomonas campestris  pv. cannabis , Ditylenchus dipsaci , Arabis mosaic 
virus , Alfalfa mosaic virus , Orobanche ramosa , Cuscuta spp. and Striga  spp. 
 9.3.1  Cannabis and hemp seeds were produced in a country where the 
quarantine pests in 9.3 are not known to occur.  
9.3.2 Cannabis and hemp seeds were tested and f ound free from the quarantine 
pests in 9.3.  
 
 10. Phytosanitary Certification  
   
A phytosanitary certificate (PC) or a re-export phytosanitary c ertificate issued by the 
National Plant Protection Organization from the exporting count ry is required.                    
The original copy must accompany every consignment to the Kingd om of Thailand and 
bear one the following additional declaration, and/ or a combin ation of the declarations 
addressing each of the quarantine pests:  
 
(1) “The consignment of Cannabi s and hemp seeds was produced in  [country] 
where Pseudomonas syringae pv. cannabina, Xanthomonas campestris pv. cannabis,
 
Ditylenchus dipsaci, Arabis mosaic virus,  Alfalfa mosaic virus, Orobanche ramosa, 
Cuscuta spp. and Striga spp. are not known to occur .” 
OR  
 
(2) “The consignment of Cannabis and hemp seeds was tested and found free  
from  Pseudomonas syringae pv. cannabina, Xanthomonas campestris pv.  cannabis,  
Ditylenchus dipsaci, Arabis mosaic virus,  Alfalfa mosaic virus, Orobanche ramosa, 
Cuscuta spp. and Striga spp.” 
     
 
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11. Import inspection 
  
11.1 When the consignments arrive at the point of entry in the Kingdom of Thailand, 
the import inspection must be c onducted after confirming the re spective documents 
accompanying the consignments concerned. 
 
11.2 DOA reserved the right to have the consignment re-exported  or destroyed at 
the importer’s expenses, if non-c ompliance with d ocumentary and  
phytosanitary import requirements is identified. 
 
11.3 All consignments must be ins pected for the presence of liv e insects, disease 
symptoms and contamination (contaminant seed, soil particles an d animal and 
plant material) when arrive at the point of entry in the Kingdo m of Thailand. 
Subsequently, a representative s ample must be drawn and submitt ed a 
designated laboratory for further analysis. The consignment mus t be held 
under quarantine pending res ults of the analysis. 
 
11.4 If genetically modified Cannabis and hemp seeds are found,  the consignment 
must be re-exported or destroyed at the importer’s expenses. 
 
10.5 If the quarantine pests in 9.3  are found during import inspection, the consignment 
must be re-exported or destroyed at the importer’s expense. 
 
11.6 If quarantine pests of Thaila nd concern as stipulate in th e Annex are found, the 
consignment must be treated with an appropriated treatment (if available),             
re-exported or destroyed at the importer’s expenses. 
  
11.7 If the consignments are frequently found to be non-complia nce with 
phytosanitary import requirements or other cases, DOA may suspe nd, 
terminate or impose additional specific import conditions from a certain 
country as the Annex  of this notification. 
 
11.8 If live pests not listed in the Annex , other organisms or contaminants which 
potentially pose a phytosanitary risk to the Kingdom of Thailan d are found, the 
pests, other organisms or contaminants must be handled with an appropriate 
procedure (if available) as the case may be, or re-exported or destroyed at the 
importer’s expense. The DOA reserved the right to temporary sus pension of 
import from the identified pathway until a risk assessment of i ntercepted 
organisms is determined. 
 
              Issued on ….…………………………… 
                                                               
 Director-General 
                        Department of Agriculture       
 
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Annex  
 
List of Quarantine Pest s of Cannabis and hemp  
Attached to the Notification of  Department of Agriculture 
Re: Conditions for Cannabis and Hemp Seeds B.E. …. (….) 
 
Scientific name Common name 
Insect 
Order Coleopter a 
Famil y Cucu jidae 
Cryptolestes turcicus flour mill beetle 
Famil y Dermestidae 
Attagenus unicolo r black carpet beetle 
Trogoderma granarium khapra beetle
Trogoderma variabile warehouse beetle 
Famil y Latridiidae 
Adistemia watsoni household fun gus beetle 
Dienerella ar gus minute brown scaven ger beetle
Famil y Tenebrionid ae 
Tribolium con fusum confused flour beetle 
Order Dipter a 
Famil y Syrphidae 
Metasyrphus lati fasciatus syrphid fl y
Sphaerophoria scripta  hover fl y
Syritta pipiens  hover fl y
Order Hemipter a 
Famil y Aphididae 
Phorodon cannabis  hemp aphi d
Famil y Pyrrhocoridae 
Pyrrhocoris apterus  fire bu g
Order Lepidopter a 
Famil y Pyralidae 
Ephestia kuehniella Mediterranean flour moth 
Plodia interpunctella Indianmeal moth 
Famil y Tortricidae 
Grapholita delineana  hemp bore r
Mite 
Famil y Erioph yidae 
Aculops cannabicola  hemp russet mite 
Patho gens 
Bacteri a 
Pseudomonas s yringae pv. cannabina bacteriosis
Xanthomonas campestris pv.cannabis leafspot
Fungi 
Curvularia c ymbopo gonis
Fusarium ox ysporum f. sp. cannabis Fusarium wilt of hemp 
Leptosphaeria woroninii leptosphaeria bli ght   
 
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Scientific name Common name 
Pseudoperonospora cannabina down y mildew of hemp 
Septoria cannabis  yellow leaf spot 
Nematode 
Ditylenchus dipsaci stem nematode 
Virus 
Arabis mosaic virus  hop bare- bine
Alfalfa mosaic virus alfalfa yellow spot 
Weed 
Cuscuta europaea European dodde r 
Cuscuta penta gona bushclover dodde r 
Fallopia convolvulus black bindwee d 
Orobanche ramosa branched broomrape 
Striga angustifolia witchwee d
Striga aspera witchwee d
Striga densi flora witchwee d
Striga hermonthica witchwee d