G/SPS/N/AUS/545/Add.1  
7 March 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 7 March 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Australia . 
 
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Okra from India: biosecurity import requirements - final report  
The Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) has 
finalised a risk analysis in response to the market access request for commercially produced fresh 
okra fruit ( Abelmoschus esculentus ) from India to Australia for human consumption.  
The final report recommends a combination of risk management measures and a system of 
operational procedures that will reduce the risk associated with the importation of commercially 
produced fresh okra fruit from India to achieve Austra lia's appropriate level of protection.  
The final report recommends that the importation of commercially produced fresh okra fruit from 
India to Australia be permitted, subject to the application of the phytosanitary measures, as outlined 
in the final repor t for species of fruit flies, mealybugs, scale insects, spider mites and thrips of 
biosecurity concern to Australia.  
The draft report for this risk analysis was published on the department's website on 20 June 2022 for 
a 60-day stakeholder consultation per iod and via an SPS notification published on 2 September 2022, 
also for a 60 -day stakeholder consultation period (G/SPS/N/AUS/545).  
The completed final report is available in English on the Australian Government Department of 
Agriculture, Fisheries and For estry website at https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity -
trade/policy/risk -analysis/plant/okra -from-india. 
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modifi cation of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  G/SPS/N/AUS/545/Add.1  
 
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  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circula tion of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body: 
Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT 2601  
Australia  
Tel: +(61 2) 6272 3933  
E-mail: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au  
Website: http://www.agriculture.gov.au  
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address  (if available) of other body:  
Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT 2601  
Australia  
Tel: +(61 2) 6272 3933  
E-mail: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au  
Website: http://www.agriculture.gov.au  
 
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