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 (Unofficial Translation)  
 
Notification of Department of Agriculture  
Re: Conditions for Import of Tomato  Seed s B.E. .... (....) 
 
     
 
 The Department of Agriculture has completed pest risk analysis for commercial 
importation of  tomato seed s.   
 
 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 recommendation of the Plant 
Quarantine Committee hereby announces  phytosanitary import requirements of  tomato  seeds 
for sowing  as follow:  
 
1. This notification shall be called “Notification of Department of Agriculture,  Re: 
Condi tions for Import of Tomato  Seed s B.E. .... (....).” 
 
2. This notification shall come into force as from sixty days following the date of its 
publication in the Government Gazette.1 
  
3.  The Notification of Department of Agriculture, Re: Conditions for Import of 
Capsicum Seeds B.E. 2563 (2020) dated 30 November B.E. 2563 (2020) shall be 
repealed.  
 
4. Permitted Plant S pecies  
 
 Tomato  (Solanum lycopersicum ) seeds 
 
5. Permitted C ountry  
  
 All countries  
 
6. Quarantine Pests of Concern  
 
A list of quarantine pests of concern to the Kingdom of Thailand for tomato seeds is 
given in the Annex . 
 
 
     
 
 1 Published in the Government Gazette Vol. .., Part .., Page .., .. .... B.E. .... (....)  
 
 
This translation is provided by Department of Agriculture  as the competent authority for 
information purposes only. Whilst Department of Agriculture  has made efforts to ensure the 
accuracy and correctness of the translation, the original Thai text as formally adopted and 
published shall in all events remain the sole authoritative text having the force of law.  
 
  
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7. Import P ermit  
 
Import permit issued by  Department of Agriculture ( DOA ) is required.   
 
8. Means of C onveyance  
 
Tomato seeds must  be imported from a  port in any country  to a port in the Kingdom of 
Thailand  by air cargo or  sea cargo  or land cargo . 
 
9. General Requirements    
 
(1) Tomato seeds must be  non-genetically modified organism s. 
 
(2) Tomato seeds  must be packed in new, clean packaging  and free of live insects, 
soil, sand,  and contamin ation (e.g. contaminant seeds, leaf, stem materials, soil and 
sand etc. ) or other potential carriers of quarantine pests.  
 
10. Specific Requirements   
 
Tomato seed lots are required to fulfill one of the following phytosanitary import 
conditions, and/or a combination of the two conditions addressing each of the nine 
quarantine pests  i.e. Clavibacter michiganensis, Pepino mosaic virus, Tomato brown 
rugose fruit virus, Tomato mottle mosaic virus, Potato spindle tuber viroid, Tomato 
apical stunt viroid, Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid, Tomato planta macho viroid and  
Columnea latent viroid     
 
(1) Tomato seeds were produced in a country where  the quarantine pests in  Section 
  10 are not known to occur . OR  
 
(2) Tomato seeds  were officially tested by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) or Real 
time PCR method on a sample size not less than 3 ,000 seeds were taken from a 
sampling of lot, or in the case of a small seed lot, a sampling of lot as sample not less 
than 10 percent of weight and found free from  the quarantine pests in Section 10. 
 
11. Phytosanitary Certification  
 
 A phytosanitary c ertificat e (PC)  or a phytosanitary certificate for re -export issued by 
 the National Plant Protection Organization  (NPPO)  from the exporting  country  is 
 require d. The original copy  must accompany every con signment to  the Kingdom of 
 Thailand and bear one the following additional declaration, and/ or a combination of 
 the two declarations addressing each of the nine quarantine pests .   
 
(1) “The consignment of tomato seeds was produced in  [insert name of country]  
 where Clavibacter michiganensis, Pepino mosaic virus, Tomato  brown 
 rugose fruit virus, Tomato mottle mosaic virus, Potato spindle tuber viroid,  
 Tomato apical stunt viroid, Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid, Tomato planta 
 macho viroid and Columnea latent viroid are not known to occur .” OR   
 
(2) “The consignment of t omato seeds  was officially tested and found free from  
Clavibacter michiganensis, Pepino mosaic virus, Tomato brown rugose fruit 
virus,  Tomato mottle mosaic virus, Potato spindle tuber viroid, Tomato apical  
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stunt viroid, Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid, Tomato planta macho viroid and  
Columnea latent viroid .” 
    
10. Import inspection  
  
(1) When the consignments  arrive at the point of entry in the Kingdom of Thailand, 
the import inspection must be conducted after confirming the respective 
documents accompanying the consignments concerned.  
 
(2) DOA reserved the right to have the consignment re -exported or destroyed at the 
importer’s expenses, if non-compliance with documentary or  phytosanitary   
import requirements  is identified . 
 
(3) All consignments must be inspected for the presence of live insects, disease 
symptoms and  contamination ( contaminant seeds, leaf, stem materials, soil, 
sand) when arrive at the point of entry in the Kingdom of Thailand. 
Subsequently,  
a representative sample must be drawn and submitted a designated laboratory for 
further analysis. The consignment must be held under quarantine pending results 
of the analysis .  
 
(4) If genetically modified tomato  seeds  are found, the consignment must be  
re-exported or destroyed at the importer’s expenses.  
 
(5) If the quarantine pests in 10 are found , the consignment must be re -exported or 
destroyed at the importer’s expense.  
 
(6) If quarantine pests of Thailand concern as stipulate in the Annex  are found, the 
consignment must be treated with an appropriate treatment (if available),  
re-exported or destroyed at the importer’s expenses.  
 
(7) If the consignment s are frequently found to be non-compliance  with 
phytosanitary import re quirements  or other cases , DOA  may suspend , terminate 
or impose additional specific import conditions from a certain country as the 
Annex of this no tification.  
 
(8) If any live organism of potential quarantine concern to Thailand not listed in  the 
Annex  is found, the consignment shall be treated with an appropriate treatment 
(if available), re -exported or destroyed  at the importer’s  expenses. The DOA 
reserved the right to temporary suspension of import  from the identified pathway 
until a risk assessment of intercepted organisms  is determined.  
 
(9) All applications (Application for Permit to Import Prohibited Articles for 
Commercial Purposes (Form P.Q 2)) and Permits (Permit to Import Prohibited 
Articles for Commercial Purposes under the Plant Quarantine Act B.E. 2507 and 
amended (Form P.Q 2 -1)) which are in the process and have not completed yet 
or have already completed on the day before this notification enters into force, 
they are still effective until the expiration date or a new action under this 
notification, depending on the case.  
  
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                              Issued on ………………………….   
 
               
 
 
Director -General  
                        Department of Agriculture  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
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Annex  
 
List of Quarantine Pests of  Tomato seeds  
Attached to the Notification of Department of Agriculture  
Re: C onditions for Import of Tomato S eeds B.E. …. (….) 
 
Scientific name  Common name  
Insects   
 Order Coleoptera   
  Family Dermestidae   
              Trogoderma granarium  khapra beetle  
   Trogoderma variabile   grain dermestid  
Pathogens   
    Bacteria   
            Clavibacter michiganensis  bacterial canker of tomato  
            Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum  zebra chip  
            Pseudomonas corrugata  pith necrosis of tomato  
            Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato  bacterial speck  
            Pseudomonas viridiflava  bacterial leaf blight of tomato  
    Fungi   
            Didymella lycopersici  canker of tomato  
            Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.  lycopersici race 3   
            Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis -lycopersici  Fusarium crown rot  
            Verticillium albo -atrum  verticillium wilt of lucerne  
 Virus   
            Alfalfa mosaic virus  alfalfa yellow spot  
            Arabis mosaic virus  hop bare -bine 
            Pelargonium zonate spot virus    
            Pepino mosaic virus   
            Tomato black ring virus  ring spot of beet  
            Tomato brown rugose fruit virus   
            Tomato busy stunt virus  Lycopersicon virus 4 
            Tomato mosaic virus  tomato mosaic  
            Tomato mottle mosaic virus   
            Tomato ringspot virus  ringspot of tomato  
            Tobacco streak virus  tobacco streak  
            Tomato torrado virus  torrado disease  
  Phytoplansma   
            Candidatus phytoplasma solani   
   Viroid   
            Columnea latent viroid  tomato vein necrosis disease  
            Potato spindle tuber viroid  spindle tuber of potato  
           Tomato apical stunt viroid   
           Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid   
           Tomato planta macho viroid