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Notification of Department of Agriculture  
Re: Conditions for Import of Capsicum  Seed s B.E. …. (….)  
 
     
 
 The Department of Agriculture has completed pest risk analysis for commercial 
importation of  capsicum  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 recommendation of the Plant 
Quarantine Committee hereby announces  phytosanitary import requirements of  capsicum  
seeds for sowing as follow:  
1. This notification shall be called “Notification of Department of Agriculture,  
Re: Condi tions for Import of capsicum  seeds 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repealed.  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  
The following species of capsicum seed are permitted to import to the Kingdom of 
Thailand.   
(1) Capsicum annuum  
(2) Capsicum baccatum  
(3) Capsicum chinense  
(4) Capsicum frutescens   
(5) Capsicum pubescens  
5. Permitted Country  
 All countries  
6. Quarantine Pests of Concern  
A list of quarantine pests of concern to the Kingdom of Thailand for capsicum 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 the Department of Agriculture ( DOA ) is required.   
8. Means of C onveyance  
Capsicum  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) Capsicum  seeds must be  non-genetically modified organism s. 
(2) Capsicum seeds must be packed in  new, clean packaging  and free of live 
insects, contamin ation  (e.g. contaminant  seeds, leaf, stem material s, soil and sand 
etc.) or other potential carriers of quarantine pests.    
10. Specific Requirements  
Capsicum  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 five 
quarantine pests  i.e. Clavibacter michiganensis,  Tomato brown rugose fruit virus , 
Tomato mottle mosaic virus , Columnea latent  viroid  and Potato spindle tuber viroid   
(1)    Capsicum  seeds were produced in a country where the quarantine pests in Section 10 
    are not known to occur . OR  
(2) Capsicum  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 or a phytosanitary certificate for re -export issued by  the 
National Plant Protection Organization  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 five quarantine pests . 
(1) “The consignment of capsicum  seeds was produced in [insert name of country] where 
are Clavibacter michiganensis, Tomato brown rugose fruit virus, Tomato mottle 
mosaic virus, Columnea latent  viroid  and Potato spindle tuber viroid not known 
to occur”  OR 
(2)  “The consignment of capsicum  seeds  was officially tested  and found free from  
Clavibacter michiganensis, Tomato brown rugose fruit virus, Tomato mottle mosaic 
virus, Columnea latent  viroid and Potato spindle tuber viroid .” 
12. 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.   
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(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  material s, 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 capsicum  seeds are found, the consignment must be       
re-exported or destroyed at the importer’s expenses.  
(5) If the quarantine pests in Section 10 are found during import inspection, 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 appropriated treatment (if available), re -
exported or destroyed at the importer’s expenses.  
(7) If the consignments are frequently found to be non -compliance with 
phytosanitary import requirements or other cases, DOA may suspend, 
terminate or impose additional specific import conditions from a certain 
country as the Annex  of this notification.  
(8) If any live organism of potential quarantine concern to Thailand not listed in  
the Annex  is found, the consignment shall be re -exported, destroyed or  treated 
with an appropriated treatment (if available) 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.  
 
      Issued on ………………………………  
 
                                                              
 Director -General  
                       Department of Agriculture   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
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Annex  
 
List of Quarantine Pests of  Capsicum  seeds  
Attached to the Notification of Department of Agriculture  
Re: C onditions for Import of Capsicum  Seeds B.E. …. (….)  
 
Scientific name  Common name  
Insects   
 Order Coleoptera   
  Family Dermestidae   
   Trogoderma granarium  khapra beetle  
            Trogoderma sternale  trogoderma dermestid beetle  
   Trogoderma variabile  grain dermestid  
Pathogens   
    Bacteria   
   Clavibacter michiganensis  bacterial canker of tomato  
   Pseudomonas cichorii  bacterial blight of endive  
   Pseudomonas corrugata  pith necrosis of tomato  
   Pseudomonas syringae  pv. syringae  bacterial canker or blast  
   Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci  wildfire  
   Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato  bacterial speck  
   Pseudomonas viridiflava  bacterial leaf blight of tomato  
   Rhodococcus fascians  fasciation: leafy gall  
    Fungi   
   Chalara elegans  black root rot  
   Didymella lycopersici  canker of tomato  
   Peronospora hyoscyami  f.sp. tabacina  blue mould of tobacco  
   Phytophthora boehmeriae  ramie leaf spot  
   Verticillium albo -atrum  verticillium wilt of lucerne  
 Virus   
   Alfalfa mosaic virus  alfalfa yellow spot  
   Tobacco rattle virus  spraing of potato  
   Tobacco ringspot virus   
   Tobacco streak virus  tobacco streak  
   Tomato black ring virus  ring spot of beet  
              Tomato brown rugose fruit virus   
   Tomato bushy stunt virus  Lycopersicon virus 4 
   Tomato mosaic virus  tomato mosaic  
   Tomato mottle mosaic virus   
   Tomato ringspot virus  ringspot of tomato  
   Tomato torrado virus  torrado disease  
   Viroid   
   Columnea latent viroid  tomato vein necrosis disease  
   Potato spindle tuber viroid  spindle tuber of potato