Seed and Grain for Sowing to Uruguay

Conditions:

Phytosanitary import permit required. Phytosanitary certificate required. Additional declaration and treatment may be required. Post entry quarantine may be required. ISTA certificate may be required.

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Uruguay 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 Uruguay'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:

• Uruguay 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 Uruguay:

• Law 3921 28 October 1911, Defensa Agricolas amended with the introduction of Law 16.736 articles 262 and 286 12 January 1996
• Law 16.671 13 December 1994, Aprueba el Acuerdo de Medidas Sanitarias and Fitosanitarias de las OMC
• Law Aprueba el Nuevo Texto de la Convencion Internacional de Proteccion Fitosanitaria (1997)
• Decrees 233/87, 328/91, 370/97, 371/97, 372/97and 373/97

General requirements

Prohibitions

Scientific Name	Common Name	Plant Part Prohibited
	Soil	All

Phytosanitary Import Permits

Phytosanitary import permits state the phytosanitary requirements for importation

Phytosanitary import permits are required for:

• Fresh fruit and vegetables
• Dried fruit and vegetables
• Fresh cut flowers and foliage
• Dried cut flowers and foliage
• Nursery stock
• Seed for sowing, consumption and processing
• Growing media
• Packing material

Phytosanitary import permits are not required for:

• Frozen fruit and vegetables

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

Departamento de Cuarentena
Ing. Agr. Cristina Manovsky
Avda. Millan 4703 - Montevideo
URUGUAY

Telephone: (5982) 309 8720
Facsimile: (5982) 309 8720 ext. 226
Email: dgsa@chasque.apc.org
Website: www.chasque.apc.org/dgsa

Please note conditions of import or additional declarations identified upon phytosanitary import permits received from Uruguay 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. 

Phytosanitary Certificates

Phytosanitary certificates are required for the importation of all commodity classes with the exception of frozen fruit and vegetables

Quarantine Pests

List 1

Maximum Pest Limits (MPLs)

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

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

*Quarantine pests for Uruguay include organisms identified within:

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

Inspection on Arrival

All consignments will be inspected upon arrival

Sampling Rate

Rate dependent upon commodity type. Sampling rates not specified by Uruguay

Ports of Entry

Commodities are not restricted entry via specific ports

Transit Requirements

Product transiting a third country en route to Uruguay must be packaged in a manner, which will prevent contamination of the consignment by pests and diseases during transit. The consignment must not be broken down or repacked during transit.

Product transiting Uruguay en route to its final destination must be packaged and transported in a manner, which will prevent the introduction of pests and diseases during transit. The consignment must not be broken down or repacked during transit.