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CIRCULAR

ON ISSUANCE OF LIST OF PLANT QUARANTINE ARTICLES; THE LIST OF PLANT QUARANTINE ARTICLES SUBJECT TO THE PEST RISK ANALYSIS BEFORE BEING IMPORTED INTO VIETNAM

Pursuant to Decree No. 105/2022/ND-CP dated December 22, 2022 of the Government on function, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;

Pursuant to Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine dated November 25, 2013;

At the request of the Director General of Department of Plant Protection.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development issues the list of plant quarantine articles; the list of plant quarantine articles subject to the pest risk analysis before being imported into Vietnam.

Article 1. List of plant quarantine articles

1. Plants:

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2. Plant-based products:

Various types of tubers, bulbs, fruits, seeds, flowers, leaves, plant bodies, stems, roots, barks;

b) Various types of grains, broken seeds, oil cakes, tapioca, raw natural fibers and botanic fibers;

c) Flour extracted from plants, tapioca starch;

d) Tobacco stems, raw cotton, waste cotton, straw, thatch and aquatic plants (excluding algae, seaweed, marine aquatic plants);

dd) Round wood, timber, wood pallets, sawdust, coconut sawdust;

e) Plant-based animal feed materials (excluding fully packaged and labeled feed);

g) Plant-based growing medium.

3. Various types of mushrooms (excluding salted, pickled, frozen, canned mushrooms and yeasts).

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5. Various types of insects, spiders, pathogenic fungus, nematodes, germs, viruses, phytoplasmas, viroids and noxious weeds (excluding biospecimens) used for testing, training, biological control and scientific research.

6. Where the exportation of articles that are not specified in the List in accordance with this Article, the plant inspection shall be carried out at the request of importing countries and International Agreements of which Vietnam is the signatory.

Article 2. List of plant quarantine articles subject to the pest risk analysis before being imported into Vietnam

1. Propagating material: Plant varieties, seedlings, tubers for propagation, and parts of plants that can be used for propagation (excluding tissue-cultured plants, seeds from the cruciferous family, wheat, maize, millet, onion, garlic seeds).

2. Fresh fruits, fresh sweet potatoes, fresh potatoes.

3. Weeds and weed seeds for planting purpose.

4. Beneficial organisms used in plant protection industry (excluding beneficial organisms imported as biological pesticide).

5. Other plant quarantine articles likely to carry quarantine plant pests shall be identified by the Plant Protection Department for submission to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development for his decision.

Article 3. Plant quarantine articles that are not required to undergo pest risk analyses

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1. Plant varieties that serve the purpose of scientific researches or testing and evaluation in laboratories;

2. Beneficial organisms used in plant protection industry that serve the purpose of scientific researches or testing and evaluation in laboratories.

3. In some other cases, the Director General of Department of Plant Protection shall request the decision from the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

4. The importation of articles stipulated in Clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this Article must be licensed to conduct imported plant quarantine and must undergo plant inspection in accordance with law.

Article 4. Transition clauses

1. Applications for issuance of Phytosanitary Certificate for articles under the List of plant quarantine articles; License to conduct imported plant quarantine for articles under the List of plant quarantine articles subject to the pest risk analysis before being imported into Vietnam, that are submitted before the effective date of this Circular, shall be handled in accordance with Circular 30/2014/TT-BNNPTNT dated September 05, 2014 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development issuing the List of plant quarantine articles; the List of plant quarantine articles subject to the pest risk analysis before being imported into Vietnam.

2. If an article is (i) subject to plant quarantine and pest risk analysis before import into Vietnam, (ii) has been granted the import license before the effective date of this Circular, but (iii) there is evidence that it recently appears in the exporting country, the plant quarantine authority of the exporting country must notify the Department of Plant Protection for timely prevention of the import of this product.

Article 5. Implementation clauses

1. This Decree shall come into force from December 15, 2024.

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Article 6. Implementation

1. The Chief of Office of the Ministry, Director General of the Department of Plant Protection, relevant organizations and individuals are responsible for implementing this Circular.

2. During the implementation process, if there are any problems that arise, organizations and individuals must promptly report to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Department of Plant Protection) for review and decision./.

PP. MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER




Hoang Trung