[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION -
3, SUB -SECTION (ii)]  
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA  
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE  
(DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE)  
 
NOTIFICATION                     
 New Delhi, the   August,  2021  
 
S.O.         (E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub -section (1) of section 3 of the 
Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914 (2 of 1914), the Central Government hereby makes 
the following Orde r further to amend the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
Order, 2003, namely: - 
 
1. Short title and Commencement. -       (1) This Order may be called the  Plant   
      Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India)  
       (Sixth  Amendment) Or der, 2021.  
(2) It shall come into force on the date of   its   
publication in the Official Gazette.  
 
2. Amendment of Schedule VI. - In the Schedule VI to the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of 
Import into India) Order, 2003 - 
 
(i)  Against serial number 564, relating to “ Persea americana  (Avocado)” in column 
(3) against the entry (v) regarding “Fresh Fruit for Consumption”, after the existing  
entries the following entries in columns (4), (5) and (6)   shall respectively be 
inserted, namely:  
 
(4) (5) (6) 
(ii) 
Tanzania   
Free from:  
Insects/ Mites:  
a) Amorbia  cuneana  (Avocado  leafroller),  
b) Ceratitis  capitata  (Mediterranean  fruit fly), 
c) Ceratitis rosa (Natal fruit  fly), 
d) Ceroplastes  destructor  (White  wax scale),  
e) Helopeltis schoutedeni (Cacao  mosquito),  
f) Pseudotheraptus wayi (Coconut  bug), 
      g)    Scirtothrips perseae (Avocado thrips),  
h) Spodoptera  littoralis  (Cotton  leafworm),  
i) Thaumatotibia leucotreta (False  codling  
moth),  
Plant pathogens:  
j) Sphaceloma perseae (Avocado  scab),  
k) Avocado sunblotch viroid  1. Export consignment must 
comply with Systems 
Approach for production and 
export and  
2. Methyl bromide fumigation 
@ 32 g/m3 for 2 hrs at 
21°C or above at NAP or 
equivalent thereof against 
Mediterranean fruit fly and 
Natal  fruit fly or 
3. Pre-shipment /in -transit 
cold treatment  at 0°C or 
below  for 10 days;  0.55°C  
or below  for 11  days;  1.1°C  
or below  for 12 days plus 
in-transit refrigeration 
against Mediterranean 
fruit fly and Natal fruit  fly. 
 
The details on treatment and 
Production under Systems 
Approach should be endorsed 
on Phytosanitary Certificate issued at the country of 
Origin/ Re -export  
 
[Special condition of import 
on in -transit cold treatment 
will come into force on 
successful completion of 10 
trial shipments]  
 
 
 
[F.No.8 -34/2021-PP.II]  
   
(Ashwani Kumar ) 
Joint Secretary to the Government of India  
 
Note : The Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003 was published in 
the Gazette of India, vide, number S.O. 1322 (E) dated 18th November, 2003, and 
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