Offshore Quarantine Facilities
High value crops can be imported into New Zealand from MAF accredited (registered) off-shore facilities under predetermined conditions, with a reduced PEQ requirement following arrival in New Zealand, in accordance with the import health standard 155.02.06: Importation of Nursery Stock. Overseas facilities must be accredited by MAF according to the standard PIT.OS.TRA.ACPQF: Accreditation of Offshore Plant Quarantine Facilities and Operators.
Further information on the import requirements for nursery stock may be found at:
The following facilities are currently accredited for this purpose.
List updated 14 November 2011.
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Offshore Accredited Facility |
Genus |
Status |
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AQIS Post Entry Quarantine Facility |
Prunus |
Official Agreement |
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Audit Testing Required: |
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Central Attivita Vivaistiche (CAV), Faenza, Italy |
Malus |
Official Agreement |
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Audit Testing Required: |
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Pyrus |
Official Agreement |
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Audit Testing Required: |
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Centre TechniqueIinterprofessionnel des Fruits et Legumes (CTIFL), FRANCE |
Malus |
Official Agreement |
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Audit Testing Required: |
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Prunus |
Not approved - agreement under review |
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Audit Testing Required: |
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Department of Agriculture, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA |
Citrus |
Official Agreement
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Etablissement National Technique pour l’Amelioration de la Viticulture (ENTAV) FRANCE |
Vitis |
Official Agreement |
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Audit Testing Required: |
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Saanichton Plant Quarantine Station Center for Plant Health, Agriculture Canada, Sidney, British Columbia, CANADA |
Malus |
Official Agreement |
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Audit Testing Required: |
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Prunus |
Official Agreement |
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Audit Testing Required: |
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Vitis |
Official Agreement |
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Audit Testing Required: |
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Scottish Agricultural Science Agency (SASA) |
Solanum tuberosum |
Official Agreement |
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Audit Testing Required: |
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Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) |
Ribes |
Official Agreement |
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Audit Testing Required: |
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Rubus |
Not approved - agreement under review |
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Audit Testing Required: |
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University of California, Davis, Foundation Plant Material Service (FPS), Davis, USA |
Fragaria |
Official Agreement |
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Audit Testing Required: |
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Washington State University, USA |
Malus (IR-2 Virus Tested Fruit Tree Programme) |
Official Agreement |
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Audit Testing Required: |
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Prunus (IR-2 Virus Tested Fruit Tree Programme) |
Official Agreement |
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Audit Testing Required: |
Page last updated: 14 November 2011
