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 (Unofficial Translation)  
 
 Notification of Department of Agriculture   
Re: Conditions for Import of Cannabis and Hemp  Seed s B.E. ….  (….) 
 
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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 through the recommendation 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 Cannabis and Hemp Seeds.  B.E. …. (….).” 
2. This notification shall come into force as from sixty days following the date of its 
publication in the Government Gazette.1  
3.  The Notification of Department of Agriculture, Re: Conditions for Import of Cannabis 
and Hemp Seeds B.E. 2565 (2022) dated 10 October 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repealed.  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 Pests of Concern  
A list of quarantine pests of concern to the Kingdom of Thailand for Cannabis and 
hemp is given in the Annex . 
 
 
 
     
 
 1 Published in the Government Gazette Vol. .., Part .., Page .., .. .... B.E. .... (....)  
 
This translation is provided by Department of Agriculture  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. General Requirements  
(1) Cannabis and hemp seeds  must be  non-genetically modified organism s. 
(2) Cannabis and hemp seeds  must be packed in  new, clean packaging  and free of 
live insects, and contamin ation  (e.g. contaminant seeds, leaf, stem materials, soil 
and sand etc.)  or other potential carriers of quarantine pests.  
10 Specific Requirements  
Cannabis and hemp seed  lots are required to fulfill  one of the following phytosanitary 
import conditions , and/or a combination of the conditions addressing each of the 
following  thirteen quarantine pests  i.e. Pseudomonas syringae pv. cannabina , 
Xanthomonas campestris pv. cannabis , Ditylenchus dipsaci , Arabis mosaic virus , 
Alfalfa mosaic virus, Hop latent viroid , Orobanche ramosa , Cuscuta europaea , 
Cuscuta pentagona, Striga angustifolia , Striga aspera , Striga densiflora and Striga 
hermonthica . 
 (1) Cannabis and hemp seeds  were produced in a country where the quarantine pests   
  in Section 10 are not known to occur .  
 (2) Cannabis and hemp seeds  were tested and found free from the quarantine pests 
  in Section 10.   
11. Phytosanitary Certification    
A phytosanitary c ertificat e (PC)  or a phytosanitary certificate for re -export issued  by 
the National Plant Protection  Organization  from the exporting country  is require d.                    
The original copy  must accompany 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  thirteen  quarantine pests:  
(1) “The consignment of Cannabis and hemp seeds was produced in [insert name of 
 country] where Pseudomonas syringae pv. cannabina , Xanthomonas campestris 
 pv. cannabis , Ditylenchus dipsaci , Arabis mosaic virus , Alfalfa mosaic virus,  
 Hop latent viroid , Orobanche ramosa , Cuscuta europaea , Cuscuta pentagona, 
 Striga angustifolia , Striga aspera , Striga densiflora and Striga hermonthica   are 
 not known to occur .”  OR  
(2)  “The consignment of Cannabis and hemp seeds  was tested and found free  from  
 Pseudomonas syringae pv. cannabina , Xanthomonas campestris pv. cannabis , 
 Ditylenchus dipsaci , Arabis mosaic virus , Alfalfa mosaic virus, Hop latent   
 
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 viroid , Orobanche ramosa , Cuscuta europaea , Cuscuta pentagona, Striga 
 angustifolia , Striga aspera , Striga densiflora and Striga hermonthica .”  
12. Import inspection   
(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   
(2) DOA reserved the right to have the consignment re -exported or destroyed at 
the importer’s expenses, if non -compliance with documentary or phytosanitary 
import requirements is identified.  
(3) All consignments must be ins pected for the presence of live insects, disease 
symptoms and contamination ( contaminant seeds, leaf, stem materials, soil, 
sand)  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 consignment must be held 
under quarantine pending results of the analysis.  
(4) If genetically modified Cannabis and hemp seeds  are found, the consignment 
must be re -exported or destroyed at the importer’s expenses.  
(5) If the quarantine pests in Section  10 are found during import inspection, the 
consignment must be re -exported or destroyed  at the importer’s expense.  
(6) If quarantine pests of Thailand concern as stipulate in the Annex are found, the 
consignment must be treated with an appropriated treatment (if available),  
re-exported or destroyed at the importer’s expenses . 
 (7) If the consignments are frequently found to be non -compliance with 
phytosanitary import requirements or other cases, DOA may suspend, 
terminate or impose additional specific import conditions from a certain 
country as the Annex  of this notification.  
(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 organisms or contaminants must be 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  pathway until a risk assessment of intercepted 
organisms is determined.  
 
 
 
 
   
 
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(9) 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 Purposes under the Plant Quarantine 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 into 
force, they are still effective until the expiration date or a new action under this 
notification, depending on the case.  
 
                                 Issued on ………………….  
 
                                                        
 Director -General  
                   
  Department of Agriculture   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
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Annex  
 
List of Quarantine Pests of  Cannabis and Hemp  
Attached to the Notification of Department of Agriculture  
Re: C onditions for Cannabis and Hemp Seeds B.E. …. (….) 
 
Scientific name  Common name  
Insect   
Order Coleoptera   
Family  Cucujidae   
Cryptolestes turcicus  flour mill beetle  
Family  Dermestidae   
Attagenus unicolor  black carpet beetle  
Trogoderma granarium  khapra beetle  
Trogoderma variabile  warehouse beetle  
Family Latridiidae   
Adistemia watsoni  household fungus beetle  
Dienerella argus  minute brown scavenger beetle  
Family  Tenebrionidae   
Tribolium confusum  confused flour beetle  
Order Diptera   
Family  Syrphidae   
Metasyrphus latifasciatus  syrphid fly  
Sphaerophoria scripta  hover fly  
Syritta pipiens  hover fly  
Order Hemiptera   
Family Pyrrhocoridae   
Pyrrhocoris apterus  fire bug  
Order Lepidoptera   
Family Pyralidae   
Ephestia kuehniella  Mediterranean flour moth  
Plodia interpunctella  Indianmeal moth  
Family Tortricidae   
Grapholita delineana  hemp borer  
Mite   
Family Eriophyidae   
Aculops cannabicola  hemp russet mite  
Pathogens   
Bacteria   
Pseudomonas syringae pv. cannabina  bacteriosis  
Xanthomonas campestris pv. cannabis  leafspot  
Fungi   
Curvularia cymbopogonis   
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.  cannabis  Fusarium wilt of hemp  
Leptosphaeria woroninii  leptosphaeria blight  
Pseudoperonospora cannabina  downy mildew of hemp  
Septoria cannabis  yellow leaf spot  
Nematode     
 
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Scientific name  Common name  
Ditylenchus dipsaci  stem nematode  
Virus   
Arabis mosaic virus  hop bare -bine 
Alfalfa mosaic virus  alfalfa yellow spot  
      Viroid   
Hop latent viroid   
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  witchweed  
Striga hermonthica  witchweed