G/SPS/N/MEX/372  
9 October  2019 
(19-6514) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : MEXICO  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural/Servicio Nacional de 
Sanidad Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria  (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development/National Agrifood Health, Safety and Quality Service)  
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):  Quinoa ( Chenopodium quinoa ) (HS code : 100850)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Colombia  
5. Title of the notified document : Propuesta de Requisitos Fitosanitarios para la 
importación de grano de quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa), originario y procedente de 
Colombia (Proposed phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Mexico of 
quinoa ( Chenopodium quinoa ) orig inating in and coming from Colombia) Language(s) : 
Spanish Number of pages : 1 
Text available at:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/MEX/19_5560_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : Please be advised that, on the basis of a pest risk analysis, the 
Ministry o f Agriculture and Rural Development established the proposed phytosanitary 
requirements governing the importation into Mexico of quinoa originating in and coming 
from Colombia.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety , [ ] animal health , [ ] plant prot ection, 
[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 Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No G/SPS/N/MEX/372  
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  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) : To be determined  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): To be determined  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 8 December 2 019 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enqui ry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria  (National Agrifood 
Health, Safety and Quality Service)  
Boulevard Adolfo Ruiz Cortinez, No. 5010 
Col. Insurgentes Cuicuilco, Alcaldía de Coyoacán  
Ciudad de México CP 04530  
Email:  rene.hernandez@senasica.gob.mx   
 importaciones.dgsv@senasica.gob.mx   
13. Text(s) available from : [ ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Calle Pachuca # 189, Col . Hipódromo Condesa  
Del. Cuauhtémoc, CP 06140, Ciudad de México  
Tel.: (+52 55) 5729 9100, Ext. 43244  
Email:  normasomc@economia.gob.mx   
 sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx   
 jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx   
Website: https://www.gob.mx/senasica  
http://www.gob.mx/senasica/documentos/consulta -publica -de-requisitos -fitosanitarios