G/SPS/N/SGP/75  
26 January 2022  
(22-0643) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  SINGAPORE  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  National Parks Board (NParks)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):   
HS Chapter 6 (Live Trees and Other Plants; Bulbs, Roots, and the Like; Cut Flowers and 
Ornamental Foliage),  
HS Chapter 7 (Edible Vegetables and Certain Roots  and Tubers), and  
HS Chapter 8 (Edible Fruits and Nuts; Peel of Citrus Fruits or Melons)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, 
Belize, Bolivia, Plurinational State of, Bonaire, Brazil, Cayman Island, Colombia, 
Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, 
French Guyana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala , Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, 
Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, 
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, 
Suriname, Turks and Caicos Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of and the Virgin Islands.  
5. Title of the notified document:  Revised Phytosanitary Requirements for the Import of 
Plants and Plant Products from South American Tropics . Language(s):  english . Number 
of pages:   
6. Description of content:  With reference to the pest risk analysis of Microcyclus ulei  
conducted by rubber growing member countries of the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection 
Commission (APPPC), which was later published by the FAO in 2011 as Book 1 in the 
Protection of South American Leaf Blight (SALB) of rubber in Asia and Pacific region, 
conclusion of the product risk assessment directs that the associated risk for the import 
of non -host materials from endemic countries ranged from negligible to low.   
A pest risk analysis of SALB was also conducted in Singapore on plants and plant products 
imported from South American Tropics. The product risk assessment was based on the 
pest risk analysis on SALB adopted by APPPC in 2007. The assessed overall pest risk f or 
SALB for Singapore is considered as negligible for host and non -host materials imported 
into Singapore.  
Based on detection survey conducted in Singapore from 2005 until 2020, samples were 
submitted for laboratory testing and there was no reported detect ion of SALB from 
imported plants and plant products sourced from South American Tropics. Rubber leaf 
samples taken from rubber enclaves in Singapore also yielded negative results.  G/SPS/N/SGP/75  
 
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  With an assessed negligible risk, Microcyclus ulei does not qualify as a reg ulated 
quarantine pest of Singapore. As such, there is no technical justification for Singapore to 
continue to impose the phytosanitary measures in line with SALB on imported plants and 
plant products originating from South American Tropics. In adherence t o the WTO SPS 
Agreement and the International Plant Protection Convention, the revised requirements 
for imports from South American Tropics can be found here:  
https://www.np arks.gov.sg/services/plant -health -services/circulars  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal He alth Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
 ISPM 01, 02, 05, 07, 11, 12, 20, 23, 31, & 40  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 24 January 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 24 January 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 February 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not Applicable.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if av ailable) of other body:   
National Parks Board  
Attn: Plant Science and Health Branch  
6 Perahu Road  
Singapore 718827  
Republic of Singapore  
Email: YAP_Mei_Lai@nparks.gov.sg  G/SPS/N/SGP/75  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
National Parks Board  
Attn: Plant Science and Health Branch  
6 Perahu Road  
Singapore 718827  
Republic of Singapore  
Email: YAP_Mei_Lai@nparks.gov.sg