Growing Media / Packing Material to American Samoa

Conditions:

Phytosanitary import permit required. Pytosanitary certificate required.

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American Samoa General Requirements

General Information

For enquires about this standard email the Plant Exports Team:

plantexports@maf.govt.nz

To help Exports process your email please record in the subject line of your email descriptive keywords which are relevant to your enquiry i.e. ICPR enquiry-Country-specific details.

For urgent enquiries phone or fax the Plant Exports Team

Telephone: 0800 008 333 (selecting option 3, then option 4)
Fax: 64 4 894 0733

Scope

This standard specifies American Samoa's phytosanitary requirements for the stated commodities and commodity classes only. If a commodity or commodity group is not identified within Commodity Class Requirements or Commodity Specific Requirements exporters should contact:

• American Samoa directly to ascertain requirements refer Phytosanitary Import Permits

or

• Biosecurity New Zealand (Exports). Please note, the determination of phytosanitary requirements is undertaken on a cost recovery basis

Phytosanitary Legislation

The following legislation controls the importation of plants and plant materials into American Samoa:

• Quarantine Regulations Amendment Section 24.0306, 4 October 1984
• Quarantine Regulations Sections 24.0325-24.0332, 4 October 1984
• Quarantine Regulations Part V - Fees and Penalties - Sections 1-2, 4 October 1984
• Quarantine Regulations Section 13 – Plants
• Quarantine Regulations Part III: General Prohibition Sections 1-8, 4 October 1984

General Requirements

Prohibitions

No commodities from New Zealand are prohibited entry to American Samoa

Phytosanitary Import Permits

Phytosanitary import permits state the phytosanitary requirements for importation

Phytosanitary import permits are required for the importation of the following commodity classes from New Zealand:

• Fresh, dried and Frozen Fruit and Vegetables
• Fresh and dried Cut Flowers and Foliage
• Nursery Stock
• All Seed, Grains and Nuts
• Growing Media and Packing Material

Phytosanitary import permits and conditions of import may be requested from:

Elisapeta Sualevai Toleafoa
Plant and Animal Quarantine Service
Department of Agriculture
Government of American Samoa
Telephone: (684) 699-9272
Facsimile: (684) 699-4031

Phytosanitary Certificates

Phytosanitary certificates are required to accompany consignments of the following commodity classes exported from New Zealand:

• Fresh, dried and Frozen Fruit and Vegetables
• Fresh and dried Cut Flowers and Foliage
• Nursery Stock
• All Seed, Grains and Nuts
• Growing Media and Packing Material

Quarantine Pests

Not Specified. Refer Maximum Pest Limits

Maximum Pest Limits (MPL's)

For all commodities exported to America Samoa requiring phytosanitary certificates, the MPL's are:

Quarantine pests* specified by America Samoa	0.5%
Soil	25g/600unit

*Quarantine pests for America Samoa include organisms identified within:

• Quarantine Pests this standard
• Additional declarations
• Phytosanitary import permit

Note: Where an importing country does not specify any quarantine pests within the above, the MPL of 5% is to be applied for all injurious pests. Refer Section 2.2.1 of Phytosanitary Inspection.

Inspection on Arrival

All consignments of imported plant material are subject to inspection for phytosanitary purposes on arrival.

Sampling Rates

Inspection rate is 85-90% of each consignment (depending on size).

Ports of Entry

Plants and plant products exported from New Zealand are not restricted to enter American Samoa by any particular or specified ports.

Transit Requirements

Unknown