[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 & FARMERS WELFARE)  
Notification  
New Delhi, the     October, 2023  
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 Order further 
to amend the Plant Quarantine (Regulation o f 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) ( Sixteenth  
Amendment) Order, 2023.  
 (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 - 
 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) 
(vi) South 
Africa  Free from:  
a) Avocado Sunblotch viroid (Avocado Sun 
blotch)  
b) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly)  
      c) Ceratitis cosyra (Mango fruit fly)  
     d) Ceratitis rosa (Natal fruit fly)  
e) Cornu aspersum (Common Garden snail)  
f) Milviscutulus mangiferae (Mango shield 
scale)  
g) Sphaceloma perseae (Avocado scab)  
h) Spodoptera littoralis (Cotton leafworm)  Export consignment must 
comply with Systems Approach 
for  production and export and  
 
2. Methyl bromide fumigation @ 
32 g/m3 for 2 hrs  at 21ºC or 
above at NAP against 
Mediterranean fruit fly,  
Natal fruit fly and Mango fruit 
fly 
           or 
In-transit cold treatment at 2ºC 
for 19 days plus in -transit 
refrigeration against 
Mediterranean fruit fly, Natal  
fruit fly and Mango fruit fly  
The details of treatment and  
production under Systems 
Approach should be endorsed in 
Phytosanitary Certificate issued 
at the Country of Origin/re -
export  
 (F. No. 8 -28/2023 -PP.II)  
 
 
 
(Ashish Kumar Srivastava)  
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 subsequently amended vide number S.O.167(E), 
dated 6th February 2004, S.O. 427(E), dated 29th March, 2004, S.O. 644(E), dated 31st May 2004, S.O. 263(E), 
dated 25th February 2005, S.O. 462 (E), dated 31st March 2005, S.O. 1121 (E), dated 14th  July 2006, S.O. 1353 
(E), dated 31st July 2006, S.O. 1873 (E), dated 31st October 2006, S.O. 2074  (E), dated 6th December 2006, S.O. 
2069 (E), dated 3rd December, 2007, S.O. 3(E), dated 1st January, 2008, S.O. 2847 (E), dated 8th December, 2008, 
S.O. 2888 (E), dated 15th December, 2008, S.O. 2286 (E), dated 9th September, 2009, S.O. 2390 (E), dated 16th 
September, 2009, S.O. 3269 (E), dated 23rd December, 2009, S.O. 3298 (E), dated 24th December, 2009, S.O. 
907 (E), dated 21st April, 2010, S.O. 2095(E), dated 27th August, 2010, S.O. 2284 (E), dated 15th September, 
2010, S.O. 2516 (E), dated 11th October, 2010, S.O. 2711 (E) dated 4th November, 2010, S.O. 3052(E) dated 28th 
December, 2010, S.O. 887 (E) dated 28th April, 2011, S.O. No. 2845 (E) dated 21st December, 2011, S.O. No.296 
(E) dated 17th February, 2012, S .O. 2775(E) 23rd November, 2012 S.O.799(E) dated 21st March, 2013, 
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S.O.1508(E) dated 13th June, 2014, S.O. No.1632(E) dated 27th June, 2014, S.O. No.2320(E) dated 12th 
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2016, S.O. No.2453(E) dated 5th July, 2016, S.O. No.2614(E) dated 5th August, 2016 and S.O. No.264(E) dated 
12th January, 2017, S.O. No. 364(E) dated 3rd February, 2017, S.O. 1344 (E) dated 27th April, 2017, S.O. 1475 
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2018, S.O. No. 2286(E) dated 4th June, 2018 and S.O. No. 3194(E) dated 29th June, 2018, S.O. No. 3392(E) dated 
10th July, 2018, S.O. No. 3998(E) dated 16th August, 2018, S.O. No. 5158(E) dated 3rd October, 2018 and S.O. 
No. 5830(E) dated 22nd  November, 2018 and S.O. No. 6224(E) dated 18th December, 2018, S.O. No.941(E) 
dated 19th February, 2019 and S.O. No. 1728(E) dated 6th May, 2019, S .O. No. 1817(E) dated 24th May, 2019, 
S.O. No.1954(E) dated 11.06.2019 and S.O. No 2525(E) dated 15.7.2019 and S.O. No.2603 dated 18.7.2019 and 
S.O. No. 3141(E) dated 29th August, 2019 S.O. No. 3594(E) dated 1st October, 2019, S.O. No. 3845(E) dated 
24th October, 2019, S.O. No. 4083(E) dated 8th November, 2019 and S.O. No.4615 dated 21st December, 2019, 
S.O. No. 352(E) dated 24th January, 2020, S.O. No. 488(E) dated 31st  January, 2020,  S.O. No. 953(E) dated 2nd 
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dated 14th October, 2020 and S.O. NO. 4243(E) dated 17th November, 2020 and S.O. No.681(E) dated 10th 
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dated 13th October, 2021 and S.O. No.4870 dated 25th November, 2021, S.O. No.1885(E) dated 5th April, 2022,  
S.O.No.3456(E) d ated 26th July, 2022 and S.O.No.3777(E) dated 3rd August, 2022.  S.O.No.4551(E) dated 26th 
September, 2022, S.O.No.4871(E) dated 13th October, 2022, S.O.No.5167 (E) dated 28th October, 2023, 
S.O.No.5573 (E) dated 30th November, 2022, S.O.No.1801 (E) dated 21st April, 2023  and S.O.No.2153 (E) dated 
10th May, 2023,  S.O.No.2360 (E) dated 31st  May, 2023,   S.O.No.2680 (E) dated 12th June, 2023, S.O.No.3246 
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No. 4336 (E) dated 06th October, 2023.  . 
 
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