Chestnuts to Cook Islands
Castanea spp. (cooked/dried)
Common Name: Chestnut (cooked/dried)
Conditions:
Import permit and Phytosanitary certificate not required. Must be free from insects.
Seed and Grain for Consumption to Cook Islands
Conditions:
Phytosanitary import permit not required. Phytosanitary certificate required.
Cook Islands General Requirements
General Information
For enquires about this standard email the Plant Exports Team:
Email: Plant Exports
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 the Cook Islands 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:
- Cook Islands directly to ascertain requirements refer Section Phytosanitary Import Permits
or
- Biosecurity New Zealand (Exports). Please note, the determination of phytosanitary requirements is undertaken on a cost recovery basis
Please note, the determination and provision of phytosanitary requirements, for a commodity not identified within an ICPR, is undertaken on a cost recovery basis. A link to the list of Plant Exports Fees and Charges is available on Plant Export Fees page
Users of this document are strongly advised to review all sections of the ICPR for the determination of a commodity’s phytosanitary requirements.
Phytosanitary Legislation
The following legislation controls the importation of plants and plant materials into the Cook Islands:
- Plants Act 1973
- Plant Quarantine Regulation 1993
General Requirements
Prohibitions
The commodities identified within the table below are prohibited entry from New Zealand.
| Scientific name | Common name |
| Alocasia spp. | Kape, giant taro |
| Ambrosia spp. | Ragweed |
| Ascelepias tuberosa | Pleurisy root |
| Caladium bicolor | Ornamental taro |
| Carex longebrachiata | Australia sedge |
| Carica papaya | Pawpaw |
| Cassava manihot | Cassava |
| Cassia occidentalis | |
| Castanospermum australe | Moreton Bay chestnut; black bean |
| Cenchrus spp. (except C. ciliaris) | Buffalo grass |
| Chondrilla juncea | Skeleton weed |
| Cocos nucifera | Coconut |
| Cones, pines | |
| Conkers | |
| Colocasia spp. | Taro |
| Cuscuta (all species) e.g. dodders | |
| Cymbopogon schoenanthus | Camel grass |
| Cynanchum spp. | Indian swallowart |
| Cyperus escuklentus | Chufa |
| Cyrtosperma chamissoni | Giant swamp taro, puraka |
| Datura metel | Hairy thorn apple |
| Discorea spp. | Yam, wild yam |
| Echinacea angustifolia | |
| Eleocharis duleis | Chinese water nut |
| Ephedra sinica | |
| Euphorbia eseula | Leafy splurge |
| Fungus dried (except mushrooms) | |
| Hippobroma longiflora | Star of Bethlehem; pua-hoku |
| Homeria breyniana | Cape tulip |
| Imperata cylindrica | |
| Iva axillaris | Poverty weed |
| Loranthaceae (all species) | Mistletoe |
| Monardia punctata | Horsemint |
| Musa spp. | Banana; plantain |
| Nassella trichotomata | Nassella tussock |
| Palmae spp | |
| Petasites hybridus | Butterbur |
| Polygonum bistorta | Snakeweed; snakeroot |
| Pulicaria dysenterica | Fleabane |
| Rhamnus purshiana | Cascara; sagrada |
| Salvia reflexa | Mintweed |
| Satureja calamintha | Calamint |
| Sinapis arvensis | Charlock |
| Soil | |
| Sorghum halepensis | Johnson grass |
| Straw | |
| Striga (all species) | Witchweed |
| Strychnos nux-vomica | Strychnine |
| Tagetes minuta | Mexican marigold or stinking roger |
| Tourretia volubilis | |
| Tribulus terrestris | Puncture vine |
| Tussilago farfara | Coltsfoot |
| Xanthium (all species) | Cocklebur or burweed |
| Xanthosoma sagittifolium | Tarua, taro-tarua, elephant ear |
Phytosanitary Import Permits
Phytosanitary Import Permits state the phytosanitary requirements for importation
Phytosanitary Import Permits are required for the importation of:
- nursery stock
Phytosanitary import permits are not required for the importation of the following commodity classes
- fruit and vegetables
- cut flowers and foliage
- seed(grains) / nuts
- growing media or packing material
Phytosanitary Import Permits may be requested from:
Chief Quarantine Officer
Mr Pavai Taramai
P. O. Box 96
Rarotonga,
Cook Islands
Telephone: (682) 28-711
Facsimile: (682) 21-811
E-mail:cimoa@oyster.net.ck
or
Ngatoko Ngatoko
Director
Biosecurity Service
Ministry of Agriculture
P.O.Box 96
Rarotonga
Cook Islands
(+682) 28 711
(+682) 21 881
nngatoko@agriculture.gov.ck; cimoa@oyster.net.ck
Where phytosanitary import permits are not required import conditions may be requested from:
Chief Quarantine Officer
Mr Pavai Taramai
P. O. Box 96
Rarotonga,
Cook Islands
Telephone: (682) 28-711
Facsimile: (682) 21-811
E-mail:cimoa@oyster.net.ck
Phytosanitary Certificates
Phytosanitary certificates are required to accompany consignments of the following commodity classes:
- fruit and vegetables
- cut flowers and foliage
- nursery stock
- seed(grains) / nuts
Phytosanitary certificates are not required to accompany consignments of:
- growing media
- packing material
Quarantine Pests
Not specified by Cook Islands.
Maximum Pest Limits (MPLs)
For all commodities exported to the Cook Islands requiring phytosanitary certificates, the MPL's are:
| Quarantine pests* specified by Cook Islands | 0.5% |
| Soil (excluding seed for sowing) | 25g/600unit |
| Soil (seed for sowing) | 0.1% by weight |
*Quarantine pests for the Cook Islands include organisms identified within:
- Quarantine pests of 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.
Ports of Entry
Commodities are not restricted to enter the Cook Islands via specified ports.
Inspection on Arrival
All consignments of imported plant material are subject to inspection by Cook Island authorities for phytosanitary purposes on arrival
Sampling Rate
Requirements not specified
Transit
Requirements not specified
Pest list
Disclaimer
The information in this standard is provided on the following basis. The phytosanitary requirements found in this standard may be used as the basis of export certification. However, requirements may be changed by importing countries at any time at short notice or with no notice to New Zealand. This information is provided strictly on the basis that the Crown, the Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry, its statutory offices, employees, agents and all other persons responsible for or associated with the compilation, writing, editing, approval, or publication of the imformation:
1. disclaim any and all responsibility for any inaccuracy, error, omission, lateness, or any other kind of inadequacy, deficiency or flaw in, or in relation to, the information; and
2. without limiting (1) above, fully exclude any and all liability of any kind on the part of all of them, to any person or entity that chooses to rely on this information
Compliance with this standard is not to be taken as a guarantee that any particular goods will be granted access to any overseas market.