[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 
-3, SUB -SECTION (ii)]  
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA  
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELF ARE  
(DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE)  
 
NOTIFICATION                     
 New Delhi, the    July, 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 f urther 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)  
       (Ninth  Amendment) Ord er, 202 3  
(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 461, relating to Diospyros kaki  
(Persimmon) in column (3) against entry (iii) regarding ‘Fresh fruits for consumption,  in 
column (4) against item (i) ‘Spain'  and entries relating thereto, the existing entries in 
column (6) shall be substituted, namely:  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[F.No.8 -34/2021-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), da ted 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. (6) 
a) Pest free area status for Ceratitis spp.  as per international standards  
or  
b) Pre shipment / In-transit  cold treatment at 0oC or below for 10 continuous 
days; 0.55oC or below for 11 continuous days; 1.1oC or below for 12  
continuous  days plus in -transit refrigeration against fruit flies   
or 
c) Methyl Bromide  fumigation @ 32 g/ m3 for 2 hrs at 21oC or above at NAP 
or equivalent thereof.  
The treatment should be endorsed on Phytosanitary Certificate issued at the 
country of origin/re -export.   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 16 th 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 Octobe r, 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, S.O.1378(E) dated 28th May, 2013, S.O.1531(E) 
dated 14th June, 2013,  S.O.2919(E) dated 26th September, 2013, S.O.1508(E) dated 13th June, 
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No.1930 dated 15th May, 2018, S.O. No.  2059(E) dated 24th May, 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 22ndNovember, 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, S.O. No. 2525(E) 
dated 15t h  July, 2019 and S.O. No.2603 (E) dated 18th July, 2019 and S.O. No. 3141(E) dated 
29th August, 2019; S.O. No. 3594(E) dated 1st October, 2019 and S.O. No.3845(E) dated 24th  
October,2019 and S.O. No. 4083(E) dated 8th November, 2019 and S.O. 4615 (E) dat ed 21st 
December, 2019 and S.O. 352 (E) dated 24th January, 2020 81. S.O. 488 (E) dated 31st 
January, 2020 82. S.O. 953 (E) dated 2nd March, 20202020 and  S.O. No. 1404(E) dated 27th 
April, 2020, S.O. No.2390(E) dated 20th July, 2020; S.O. No.3646(E) dated  14th October, 2020 
and S.O. No.4243(E) dated 17th November, 2020and S.O. No.681(E) dated 10th February, 2021, 
, S.O.No.1491(E) dated 7th April, 2021, S.O. No.2511(E) dated 10th June, 2021, S.O. 
No.2512(E) dated 10th June, 2021and S.O. No.4265(E) dated 13t h October, 2021, 
S.O.No.1885(E) dated 5th April, 2022, S.O. No 3456 (E) dated 26th July, 2022, S.O. No. 3777 
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dated 13th October, 2022, S.O. No. 5167 (E) dated 28th October, 2022.  S.O. No. 5401 (E) dated 
21st November, 2022 and S.O. No. 5573 (E) dated 30th November, 2022, S.O.No.1801 (E) dated 
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To 
The Manager,  
Government of India Press,   
Mayapuri,  New Delhi.