Conker chestnuts to Tonga

Aesculus spp.

Common Name: Conker / Horse chestnut

Conditions:

Phytosanitary import permit not required. Phytosanitary Certificate not required. Only dried or blanched nuts permitted. Inspection upon arrival.

Last updated: 1 July 2009

Seed Grain and Nuts for Consumption to Tonga

Conditions:

Some species of seed for consumption require a phytosanitary import permit and or phytosanitary certificate. Please refer to the Commodity Specific Requirements for Seed, Grain and Nuts for Consumption. Exporters are advised to confirm requirements prior to shippping.

Last updated: 1 July 2009

Tonga 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 Tonga's phytosanitary requirements for the stated commodities and commodity classes only. If a commodity or commodity grouping is not identified within Commodity Class Requirements or Commodity Specific Requirements exporters should contact:

• Tonga directly in order 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

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 Tonga:

  • Plant Quarantine Act 1981 (No.24 of 1981)
  • Plant Quarantine (Amendment) Act 1985
  • Plant Quarantine (Amendment) Act 1986
  • Plant Quarantine Regulations 1995
  • Plant Quarantine (Fees) Regulations 1997

General Requirements

Prohibitions

The following commodities are prohibited entry from New Zealand unless accompanied by a valid import permit ref Appendix G & RR Section

Scientific Name

Common Name

Plant Part Prohibited

Abaca spp.

All

Alocasia spp.

Taro

All except propagating material, seed and tissue cultures.

Arachis hypogaea

Peanut

All except seed (nuts)

Avena fatua

Oats

Grain (Note under 500g of grain sent by mail is permitted. Treated upon arrival)

Bonsai Plants

All

Castanea spp.

Chestnut

All except dried and blanched nuts

Cereals

Grain, straw articles and stuffing. (Note under 500g of grain sent by mail is permitted. Treated upon arrival)

Cichorium endiva

Endive

Fresh root

Cichorium intybus

Chicory

Fresh root

Citrus spp.

All except fruit and seeds. Fruit is prohibited from areas where citrus canker (Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri occurs.

Clausenia lansium

Wampee

Fresh fruit

Coffea spp.

Coffee

All propagating material except seed.

Colocasia spp.

Taro

All except propagating material, seed and tissue cultures.

Cymbopogon citratus

Lemon grass

Fresh material

Cyrtosperma spp.

All except propagating material, seed and tissue cultures.

Dioscorea spp.

Yam

All except propagating material (nursery stock)

Ficus carica

Fig

Fresh

Heliconiaceae family

Whole plants, corms and cut flowers.

Horseradish

Fresh

Hevea spp.

Rubber

All

Hordeum vulgare

Barley

Plants, straw, chaff and grain (Note under 500g of grain sent by mail is permitted. Treated upon arrival)

Ipomoea spp.

Kumara / Sweet potato

All except propagating material (nursery stock)

Inocarpus edulis

Ifi

All except nursery stock

Jumping beans

All

Lilium spp.

Lily

Fresh root

Lycopersicon esculentum

Tomato

All except fruit and seed

Manihot esculenta

Cassava/Manioc /Tapioca

All except tissue culture

Mistletoe

Not specified

Morus alba

Mulberries

Fresh fruit

Mucuna spp. syn. Stizolobium

Velvet Bean

For consumption

Musaceae (Musa spp. and related species)

Banana

All

Nicotiniana spp.

Tobacco

Uncured leaf, plants and seed

Orchidaceae

Orchids

All except tissue cultures and seedlings in sterile flasks

Oryza sativa

Rice

Rice Hulls

Palmaceae (including Cocos spp. - Coconut)

Palm

All except seed-nuts and pollen from areas approved by MAFF Tonga

Pre sown seed

All

Phaseolus spp.- (beans of the genus)

Bean

Fresh

Pometia pinnata

Pacific Lychee

Fresh fruit

Popcorn

Unpopped

Psidium spp.

Guava

Fresh

Psophocarpus spp.

Bean

Fresh beans

Rhizomes

Fresh

Rubus spp.

Fresh fruit

Saccharum edulis

Sugar cane

All

Salacca edulis

Salak

All

Saccharum officinale

Sugar cane

All

Solanum tuberosum

Potato

All except tubers, true seed and tissue cultures

Sorghum spp.

All except seed for sowing (except S. halapense for which all plant parts are prohibited)

Spondias dulcis

Vi

Fruit

Straw

All

Tamarindus indica

Tamarind

Not specified

Theobroma cacao and host plants of Cacao swollen shoot

All except seed from Asia Pacific Region

Triticum spp.

Wheat

Grain (Note under 500g of grain sent by mail is permitted. Treated upon arrival)

Xanthosoma spp.

Taro

All except propagating material, seed and tissue cultures

Vanilla spp.

Vanilla

Pods

Vicia spp.

Bean

Fresh and dried beans. (Fresh may be imported by passengers as sprouted seed. Under 500g of dry seed sent by mail is permitted and will be treated upon arrival. Seed for planting and bulk consignments excluded from prohibition. Refer Section 4.4)

Vigna spp.

Bean

Fresh and dried beans. (Fresh may be imported by passengers as sprouted seed. Under 500g of dry seed sent by mail is permitted and will be treated upon arrival. Seed for planting and bulk consignments excluded from prohibition. Refer Section 4.4)

Zea mays

Maize

All except seed

Zingiber officinale

Ginger

Fresh

Ziziphus jujuba

Jujube

Fresh fruit

Phytosanitary Import Permits

Phytosanitary import permits state the phytosanitary requirements for importation

Permits are normally valid for 6 months, and allow for multiple entry

Phytosanitary import permits are required for the importation of the following commodities;

  • Fresh fruit and vegetables
  • Cut flowers and foliage
  • Fresh herbs
  • Nursery stock
  • Seed for sowing
  • Some seed species for consumption

Phytosanitary import permits are not required for the importation of the following commodities;

  • Dried fruit and vegetables
  • Dried cut flowers and foliage
  • Dried herbs and spices

Please note conditions of import or additional declarations identified upon phytosanitary import permits received from Tonga MAF may differ from those identified within this standard. Conditions of import identified herein are accurate at the time of this standards publication. Where import conditions identified upon an import permit differ from that identified within this standard, the permit conditions take precedence.

Where conditions of export identified upon an import permit differ from that stated within this EPS, please contact Plant Exports Team

The original or copy of the import permit must accompany the consignment

Phytosanitary import permits and conditions of import may be requested from

Mr Sione Foliaki
Principal Quarantine Officer and Head of Quarantine Division
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 14
NUKU'ALOFA
TONGA
Tel: (676) 24257
Fax: (676) 24922
Email: mafresrh@kalianet.to

Phytosanitary Certificates

The following commodity classes require a phytosanitary certificate

  • Fresh fruit and vegetables
  • Cut flowers and foliage
  • Fresh culinary herbs
  • Nursery stock
  • Seed for sowing
  • Some species of seed for consumption

Phytosanitary certificates are not required for the importation of the following commodity classes

  • Dried fruit and vegetables
  • Dried cut flowers and foliage
  • Dried herbs and spices

Quarantine Pests

Not specified

Maximum Pest Limits (MPLs)

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

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

*Quarantine pests for Tonga include organisms identified within:

  • Quarantine pests of this standard
  • Additional declarations
  • Phytosanitary import permit

Ports of Entry

Where applicable approved port of entry is identified upon the phytosanitary import permit

Inspection on Arrival

All consignments of imported plant material will be subject to inspection for phytosanitary purposes on arrival to Tonga

Sampling Rates upon Arrival

Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

No. Packages

1-3

4-25

26-50

51-100

101-150

151-200

c201

Units sampled

All

4

6

8

10

12

15

Cut Flowers and Foliage

No. Packages

1-3

4-10

11-20

c21

Packages sampled

All

50% or min 4 packages

40% or min 5 packages

30% or min 7 packages

Seed

No. Packages in lot

1-5

6-30

c21

 

Units sampled

1 sample every package

1 sample every 3rd package but not less than 5 bags

1 sample every 5th package but not less than 10 bags

Transit

Requirements not specified

Last updated: 1 July 2009

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.