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 (Unofficial Translation)  
 
 Notification of Department of Agriculture   
Re: Conditions for Import of Cannabis and Hemp  Seed s B.E. 2565  (2022 ) 
 
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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 th rough the recommendati on of the Plant 
Quarantine Committee hereby announces  phytosanitary import requirements of  Cannabis and 
hemp seeds  for sowing as follow:  
 
1. This notification shall be called “Notification of Department of Agriculture, Re: 
Condi tions  for Import of Cannabi s and Hemp Seeds.  B.E. 2565  (2022 ).” 
 
2. This notification shall come into forc e as from the day following the date of its 
publication in the Government Gazette.1  
 
3.  The Notification of Department of Agriculture, Re: Conditions for  Impor t of Cannabis 
and H emp Seeds B.E. 2565 (2022) dated 7 June B.E. 2565 (2022) shall be repealed.  
 
4. Permitted Plant S pecies  
 
Cannabis  and h emp (Cannabis sativa ) seed s  
 
5. Permitted C ountry  
  
 All countries  
 
6. Quarantine P ests of Concern  
 
A list of quaran tine pests of conce rn to the Kingdom of Thailand for Cannabis and 
hemp is given in the Annex . 
 
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1 The Government Gazette: Vol. 139, Special Part 256 D, Page 9-11, Date 28 October  2022  
This translation is provided by Departme nt of Agricultur e 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 Permit  
 
Import permit issued by the Department of Agriculture (DOA) is required.  
 
8. Means of Conveyance  
 
Cannabis and hemp 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. Requirements for Importation   
 
9.1 Cannabis and hemp seeds  must be  non-genetically modified organism s. 
 
9.2 The shipment must be packed in  new, clean packaging  and free of li ve insects , 
soil, sand, contaminant seeds, other plant material s (including leaf, stem material,  
fruit pulp, pod material) and animal material s (including animal faeces and 
feathers).   
 
9.3 Cannabis and hemp seed  lots are required to fulfill  one of the foll owing 
phytosanitary  import conditions , 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 v irus, Orob anche ram osa, Cuscuta spp. and Striga  spp. 
 
(1) Cannabis and hemp seeds  were produced in a country where the 
quarantine pests in 9.3 are not known to occur .  
(2) Cannabis and hemp seeds  were tested and found free from the quaran tine 
pests in 9.3.   
 
 10. Phytosa nitary Certification  
   
A phytosanitary c ertificat e (PC)  or a re-export phytosanitary certificate  issued  by the 
National Plant Protection  Organization  from the exporting country  is require d.                    
The original  copy  must acc ompany every  consignment to the Kingdom of Thailand and 
bear one the following additional declaration , and/ or a combination of the declarations  
addressing each of the quarantine pests:  
 
(1) “The consignment of Cannabis and hemp seeds was pr oduced in [country] 
where Pseudom onas syringae pv. cannabina, Xanthomonas campestris pv. cannabis,  
Ditylenchus dipsaci, Arabis mosaic virus, Alfalfa mosaic virus, Orobanche ramos a, 
Cuscuta spp. and Striga spp. are not known to occur .” 
OR  
   
 
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(2) “The consign ment of Cannab is and hemp s eeds was tested and found free  
from  Pseudomonas syringae pv. cannabina, Xanthomonas campestris pv. cannabis,  
Ditylenchus dipsaci, Arabis mosaic virus, Alfalfa mosaic virus, Orobanche ramos a, 
Cuscuta spp. and Striga spp.” 
   
11. Import inspect ion 
  
11.1 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.  
 
11.2 DOA reserved the right to have the co nsignment re -exported or destroyed at 
the importer’s expenses, if non -compliance with documentary and 
phytosanitary import requirements is identified.  
 
11.3 All consignments must be ins pected for the presence of live insects, disease 
symptoms  and contamina tion (contami nant seed, soil particles and animal and 
plant material)  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 consignm ent must be h eld 
under quarantine pending results 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 Thailand concern as stipulate in the Annex are found, the 
consignment must be treated with an appropriated trea tment (if avai lable), 
re-exported or destroyed at the importer’s expenses . 
  
11.7 If the consignments are frequently found to be non -compliance with 
phytosanitary import requirements or other cases, DOA may suspend, 
terminate or impose addition al specific im port conditio ns fro m a cer tain 
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 Thailand are found, the 
pests , other organi sms or contam inants  must b e 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 suspension of 
import from the identified  pathw ay until a ris k assessment of int ercepte d 
organisms is determined.    
 
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12.  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 Purpos es under the Plant Qu arantine 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 in to force, they are still effective 
until the expiration dat e or a new action und er this noti fication, d epending on the case.  
 
 
                                 Issued on 10 October  B.E.2565  (2022)   
 
                                                                        Rapibhat Chandara srivongs  
 Director -General  
                        Department of Agricu lture     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
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Annex  
 
List of Q uarantine Pe sts of  Cannab is and Hemp  
Attached to the Notification of Department of Agriculture  
Re: C onditions for Cannabis and Hemp Seeds B.E. 2565  (2022 ) 
 
Scientific nam e Common name  
Insect   
Order Coleoptera   
Family  Cucujidae   
Cryptolestes turcicu s flour  mill beetle  
Family  Derm estidae   
Attagenus unicolor  black carpet beetle  
Trogoderma granarium  khapra beetle  
Trogoderma variabile  warehouse beetle  
Family Latridiida e  
Adistemia watsoni  household fungus beetle  
Dienerella argus  minute brown scave nger be etle 
Family  Tenebrionida e  
Tribolium confusum  confused flour beetle  
Order Diptera   
Family  Syrphidae   
Metasyrphus latifasciatus  syrphid fly  
Sphaerophoria scripta  hover fly  
Syritta pipi ens hover fly  
Order Hemip tera  
Family Aphididae   
Phorodo n canna bis hemp aph id 
Family Py rrhocoridae   
Pyrrhocoris apterus  fire bug  
Order Lepidoptera   
Family Pyralidae   
Ephestia kuehniella  Mediterranean flour moth  
Plodia interp unctella  Indianmeal mot h 
Family Tortricidae   
Grapholita delineana  hemp borer  
Mite  
Family Eriophy idae  
Aculop s cannabicola  hemp russet mite  
Pathogens   
Bacteria   
Pseudomonas syringae pv. cannabina  bacteriosis  
Xanthomonas campestris pv. cannabis  leafspot  
Fungi   
Curvular ia cymbopogonis   
Fusarium  oxysporum f. sp.  cannabis  Fusari um wilt  of hemp  
Leptosphaeria w oroninii  leptosphaeria blight  
Pseudoperonospora cannabina  downy mildew of hemp    
 
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Scientific nam e Common name  
Septoria cannabis  yellow leaf spot  
Nematode   
Ditylenchus di psaci  stem nematode  
Virus  
Arabis mosaic virus  hop bare -bine 
Alfalfa mosaic vir us alfalfa yellow s pot 
Weed   
Cuscuta europaea  European dodder  
Cuscuta pentagona  bushclover dodder  
Fallopia convolvulus  black bindweed  
Orobanche ramosa  branched broomrape  
Striga angustifolia  witchweed  
Striga aspera  witchweed  
Striga densiflora  witchw eed 
Striga hermont hica witchwee d