Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Seed Potatoes to Falkland Islands

Solanum tuberosum

Common Name: Seed Potato

Conditions: Phytosanitary import permit required. Phytosanitary certificate required.

Additional Declaration:

“Seed potatoes were produced in land known not to be infested with and are free from:

Synchytrium endobioticum, Globodera rostochiensis, Globodera pallida, Meloidogyne chitwoodii, Meloidogyne fallax, Ditylenchus destructor, Ditylenchus dipsaci, Thecaphora/Angiosorus solani”

And

“Seed potatoes are free from Clavibacter michiganensis spp. sepedonicus, Ralstonia solanacearum, Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) and Tomato stolbur”

And

“The seed potatoes have been treated with the following chemicals”. (list chemicals on an official label or statement or as an additional label and attach to the outside and inside of each container)

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Bulbs/Corms/Rhizomes/Tubers etc. to Falkland Islands

Seed potatoes

Conditions:

1. An import permit and phytosanitary certificate is required to import seed potato to the Falkland Islands.
   
2. Seed potatoes must be classified as pre-basic, basic or certified in their country of origin (refer to table in No.5) in accordance with UNECE Standard S1.
   
3.  Particulars to be stated on the official label (unused, tear resistant and identifying each category of seed potatoes individually) on the outside of each container (in new bags if packed in units of 50kg or less; in excess of 50kg bags may be pre-used but cleaned);
   
   
   1. Nature of the contents: “Seed potatoes”
   2. Certification authority or its recognised initials
   3. Country and/or region of production
   4. Reference number of the lot, including the producers identification number
   5. Month and year of closing
   6. Variety
   7.  Category and class
   8.  Size
   9.  Declared net weight
      
4.  An official statement must be placed inside each container with details of; Certification authority or its recognised initials; Reference number of the lot, including the producer’s identification number and Variety
   
5.  New Zealand seed potatoes certification system is comparable to the UNECE/UK classification as outlined below (refer to point 2);
   
   

   UNECE/UK	New Zealand (generation)
   Pre Basic Tissue Culture	G0
   Pre Basic 1 and 2	G1 ( First field generation)
   Basic I and II (field production for certified seed)	G2, G3
   Certified I and II	G4, G5, G6

   
   

6. Seed potatoes must comply with minimum standards for defects.

   Maximum limits (% by weight) for incidence of defects in seed potatoes of Pre-Basic, basic and certified categories imported and marketed in the Falkland Islands.

   Defect	Pre-Basic			Basic and Certified
   	Individual tolerance	Group tolerance	Collective tolerance	Individual tolerance	Group tolerance	Collective tolerance
   Misshapen, damaged or frosted tubers	1	1	4	2	2	5
   Shrivelled tubers	0.5			1
   Wet and soft rots, including blackleg	0.5	1		1	2
   Dry rots (blight, gangrene, Fusarium rots)	1			2
   Common scab * (Streptomyces spp.)	5	3		5	3
   Powdery scab ** (Spongospora subterranean Wallr, Lagerh)"	0.5			2
   Skin spot** (Polyscytalum pustulans Owen &Wakefield; MB Ellis)	1			2
   Black scurf ** (Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn)	1			2
   Earth or other extraneous matter	2			2
   Phthorimaea opercuella (Potato tuber moth) Leptinotarsar decemlineata (Colorado beetle)	NIL

   * Tubers with greater than 33% of surface coverage by the pathogen

   **Tubers with greater than 10% of surface coverage by the pathogen

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Falkland Islands General Requirements

General Information

For enquires about this standard email the Plant Exports Team:

plantexports@maf.govt.nz

To help Plant 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 Falkland Island’s phytosanitary requirements for the stated commodities and commodity classes only. If a commodity class is not listed under Section 3 or Section 4 exporters should contact:

• Falkland Islands directly to ascertain requirements refer Falkland Islands Government
  
  
  or
  
  
• MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (Plant Exports) (MAFBNZ). 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 Regulations govern the import of seed potatoes into the Falkland Islands;

i) FI Import Regulations for Seed Potatoes

General Requirements

Prohibitions

Not provided by the importing country

Phytosanitary Import Permits

Phytosanitary import permits are required for seed potatoes. The import permit must be applied for by the importer in the Falkland Islands prior to the shipment being allowed entry into the Falkland Islands.

The following permit controls the importation of seed potatoes into the Falkland Islands:

i) Conditions for the Import and Marketing of Seed Potatoes in the Falkland Islands (Import Permit), Falkland Islands Department of Agriculture, May 2008.

Phytosanitary conditions of import may be requested from the Falkland Islands Government:

The Department of Agriculture
Bypass Road
Stanley
Falkland Islands
Tel:    +500 27355
Fax:    +500 27352
Email: sstarnge@doa.gov.fk / imports@doa.gov.fk
Website: www.agriculture.gov.fk/contact_us.htm

Phytosanitary Certificates

A phytosanitary certificate is required for importing seed potatoes into the Falkland Islands.

Quarantine Pests

Maximum Pest Limits (MPLs)

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

Quarantine pests* specified by the Falkland Islands	0.5%
Soil	25g/600unit

*Quarantine pests for the Falkland Islands include organisms identified within:

•   Quarantine pests of this standard

•   additional declarations

•   phytosanitary import permit

Ports of Entry

Not provided by the importing country

Airports

Not provided by the importing country

Sea ports

Not provided by the importing country

Inspection on Arrival

Not provided by the importing country

Sampling Rate

Not provided by the importing country

Transit Requirements

Not provided by the importing country

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Bulbs/Corms/Rhizomes/Tubers etc. to Falkland Islands

Seed potatoes

Conditions:

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Falkland Islands General Requirements

General Information

For enquires about this standard email the Plant Exports Team:

plantexports@maf.govt.nz

To help Plant 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 Falkland Island’s phytosanitary requirements for the stated commodities and commodity classes only. If a commodity class is not listed under Section 3 or Section 4 exporters should contact:

• Falkland Islands directly to ascertain requirements refer Falkland Islands Government
  
  
  or
  
  
• MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (Plant Exports) (MAFBNZ). 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 Regulations govern the import of seed potatoes into the Falkland Islands;

i) FI Import Regulations for Seed Potatoes

General Requirements

Prohibitions

Not provided by the importing country

Phytosanitary Import Permits

Phytosanitary import permits are required for seed potatoes. The import permit must be applied for by the importer in the Falkland Islands prior to the shipment being allowed entry into the Falkland Islands.

The following permit controls the importation of seed potatoes into the Falkland Islands:

i) Conditions for the Import and Marketing of Seed Potatoes in the Falkland Islands (Import Permit), Falkland Islands Department of Agriculture, May 2008.

Phytosanitary conditions of import may be requested from the Falkland Islands Government:

The Department of Agriculture
Bypass Road
Stanley
Falkland Islands
Tel:    +500 27355
Fax:    +500 27352
Email: sstarnge@doa.gov.fk / imports@doa.gov.fk
Website: www.agriculture.gov.fk/contact_us.htm

Phytosanitary Certificates

A phytosanitary certificate is required for importing seed potatoes into the Falkland Islands.

Quarantine Pests

Maximum Pest Limits (MPLs)

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

Quarantine pests* specified by the Falkland Islands	0.5%
Soil	25g/600unit

*Quarantine pests for the Falkland Islands include organisms identified within:

•   Quarantine pests of this standard

•   additional declarations

•   phytosanitary import permit

Ports of Entry

Not provided by the importing country

Airports

Not provided by the importing country

Sea ports

Not provided by the importing country

Inspection on Arrival

Not provided by the importing country

Sampling Rate

Not provided by the importing country

Transit Requirements

Not provided by the importing country

Falkland Islands General Requirements

General Informat

Last updated: 1 October 2009