Potatoes to Papua New Guinea

Solanum tuberosum

Common Name: Potato

Conditions: Phytosanitary import permit required. Phytosanitary certificate and additional declaration required. Must be substantially free from soil and other foreign matter and packed in clean new bags/containers not previously used for any other purpose. Must be treated with a sprout inhibitor in New Zealand or undergo other treatment as directed by the Chief Quarantine Officer (Plants) on arrival in PNG. Upon arrival in PNG, the consignment will be examined by a Quarantine officer at the port of entry prior to release.

The importer must ensure the PNG Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Service that:

(i) The tubers will be used only for processing and not for sale

(ii) Ware potatoes and peelings will be disposed of by boiling or incineration

Additional Declaration:

“The potatoes in this consignment were grown on a property which has been confirmed free from Potato cyst nematode (Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida) by MAF under the New Zealand Potato Export Certification Scheme” “Potato wart (Synchytrium endobioticum), ring rot (Clavibacter michiganense pv. sepedonicus) and spindle tuber viroid are not known to occur in the properties where the potatoes in this consignment were grown”

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Fresh Fruit and Vegetables to Papua New Guinea

Conditions:

Phytosanitary import permit required. Phytosanitary certificate and additional declaration required. Product must be substantially clean, free of insects, diseases, weed seeds soil and other impurities. Product must be commercially packed, in packages, which are new and clean.

Additional declaration:

"Produce in the consignment was grown and packed in an area where harmful fruit flies of the family Tephritidae (Tryetidae) have not been recorded within the radius of 80 kilometers for a period of at least 12 months before harvest"

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Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea’s phytosanitary requirements for the stated commodities only. If a commodity or commodity grouping is not identified within Commodity Class Requirements or Commodity Specific Requirements exporters should contact:

• Papua New Guinea directly in order to ascertain requirements.

or

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

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 Papua New Guinea: Not specified by Papua New Guinea

General Requirements

Prohibitions

Not provided by Papua New Guinea

Phytosanitary Import Permits

Phytosanitary import permits state the phytosanitary requirements for importation

Phytosanitary import permits are required for all commodities

Consignments must be accompanied by either the original, or faxed copy of the import permit

Phytosanitary import permits may be requested from

Elijah C Philemon
Chief Plant Protection & Chief Quarantine Officer (Plants)
National Agriculture Quarantine & Inspection Authority (NAQIA)
PO Box 741
Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea
Telephone: (675) 311 2100, 311 2113, 311 2114, 323 1848
Facsimile: (675) 325 1673, 325 1674

Phytosanitary Certificates

Phytosanitary certificates are required to accompany consignments of all plant and plant products imported from New Zealand.

Quarantine Pests

Scientific name	Common Name
Bactrocera carambolae	Fruit fly
Bactrocera tryoni	Fruit fly
Banana blood disease
Bursaphalencus cocophilus	Red ring disease
Ceratitis capitata	Fruit fly
Clavibacter michiganense	Potato ring rot
Conopomorpha cramerella	Cocoa pod borer
Globodera sp.	Potato cyst nematode
Hypothenemus hampei	Coffee berry borer
Phytopthora palmivora	Coconut spear rot
Rhyncophorus palmarum	Red palm weevil
Rice tungro virus
Solenopsis invicta	Fire ant
Sternochaetus frigidus	Mango pulp weevil
Synchytrium endobioticum	Potato wart
Trogoderma spp.	Khapra beetle

Maximum Pest Limits (MPL’s)

For all commodities exported to Papua New Guinea requiring phytosanitary certificates, MPL's are:

Quarantine pests* specified by Papua New Guinea	0.5%
Soil	25g/600unit

*Quarantine pests for Papua New Guinea include organisms identified within:

• Within this standard
• Additional declarations
• Phytosanitary import permit

Inspection on Arrival

All plant material will be subject to inspection upon arrival

Sampling Rate

For fresh fruit and vegetables a 600-unit sample from each consignment will be inspected

Ports of Entry

• Jackson International Airport
• Port Moresby sea port
• Boroko Post Office
• Lae Port
• Madang Port
• Wewak Port
• Vanimo Port
• Lorengau Port
• Lihir Port
• Kavieng Port
• Rabaul Port
• Buka Port
• Kimbe Port
• Popondetta
• Alotau Port
• Daru Port
• Kiunga Port
• Mt. Hagen Airport
• Goroka Port

Transit Requirements

Not specified by Papua New Guinea

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