Oranges, Mandarins, Lemons, Grapefruit, Limes, Tangelo, Pomelo

French Polynesia (PF)

Citrus spp.

Fruit

Fresh

Biosecurity Directorate of French Polynesia (DBS)

https://www.service-public.pf/biosecurite/

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Export Criteria

Criteria	Criteria Required?
Import Permit	No
Phytosanitary Certificate	Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement	Yes
Protocol Market	No

General Requirements

Consignments are to be free from pests, soil, weed seeds and extraneous material.

All fruit in the consignment must be fresh, without stalks and leafless.

Fruit flies
Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) and Fruit flies (Bactrocera spp) are known to occur in Australia.

Fruit must be sourced from areas free from fruit flies, or have an effective treatment against fruit flies applied.

Citrus canker

Citrus canker (Xanthomonas axonopodis [campestris] pv citri and Xanthomonas axonopodis [campestris] pv aurantifolii) is absent from Australia. No certification is required for citrus originating from Australia.

Black spot

Black spot (Guignardia citricarpa) is known to occur in Australia.

Survey evidence or treatment required for all areas or states, with the exception of Riverina (New South Wales), Sunraysia (Victoria), Western Australia and South Australia which are known to be free of Black spot.

Appropriate supporting evidence in relation to surveys or treatment must be provided to the authorised officer at the time of inspection.

Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

Explanation of the endorsements:

For citrus fruit produced in areas where fruit flies are known not to occur, and black spot is known not to occur, the following endorsements apply:

Endorsement 1339:
Applies to fruit from production areas which are recognised as free of Black spot (Guignardia citricarpa).

Endorsement 1340:
Applies to fruit production areas which are not recognised as free of Black spot (Guignardia citricarpa) but there have been no observed symptoms.

For citrus fruit produced in areas where fruit flies are known not to occur, and black spot is known to occur, the following endorsements apply:

Endorsement 1351:
Applies to plants which have been subjected to in-field treatment against Black spot (Guignardia citricarpa) and harvested fruit have not shown symptoms of Black spot.

For citrus fruit produced in areas where fruit flies are known to occur, and black spot is known not to occur, the following endorsements apply:

Endorsement 2982:
Applies to fruit being treated by fumigation which has come from production areas which are recognised as free of Black spot (Guignardia citricarpa).

Endorsement 2675:
Applies to fruit being treated by cold treatment in-transit which has come from production areas which are recognised as free of Black spot (Guignardia citricarpa).

Endorsement 1336:
Applies to fruit being treated by fumigation which have come from production areas which are not recognised as free of Black spot (Guignardia citricarpa) but there have been no observed symptoms.

Endorsement 2676:
Applies to fruit being subject to in-transit cold treatment which have come from production areas which are not recognised as free of Black spot (Guignardia citricarpa) but there have been no observed symptoms.

Endorsement 3534:
Applies to fruit being treated by onshore cold treatment which has come from production areas which are recognised as free of Black spot (Guignardia citricarpa).

Endorsement 3535:

Applies to fruit has been subjected to onshore cold treatment which have come from production areas which are not recognised as free of Black spot (Guignardia citricarpa) but there have been no observed symptoms.

For citrus fruit produced in areas where fruit flies are known to occur, and black spot is known to occur, the following endorsements apply:

Endorsement 1338:
Applies to fruit being treated by fumigation.

Endorsement 2677:
Applies to fruit being treated by cold treatment in-transit.

Endorsement 3536:
Applies to fruit being treated by onshore cold treatment.

Treatment

Citrus fruit sourced from areas where fruit flies are known to occur must be cold treated or fumigated with methyl bromide.

The exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the treatment and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

Details of treatment to be endorsed on the phytosanitary certificate in the treatment section.

Additional declaration / endorsement is required for consignments subjected to cold treatment (in-transit or onshore) and fumigation.

Cold treatment

Cold treatment can be performed in-transit or onshore at one of the following rates:

Schedule against Bactrocera spp:

At or below 0 degrees Celsius for 12 days;

At or below 2.5 degrees Celsius for 22 days.

Schedule against Ceratitis capitata:

At or below 0 degrees Celsius for 10 days;

At or below 2.5 degrees Celsius for 16 days.

In-transit cold treatment:

The treatment must be completed prior to the consignment arriving in French Polynesia regardless of the mode of transport.

Fruit must be pre-cooled until fruit pulp temperature is at or below the target treatment prior to initiation of the cold treatment.

The Phytosanitary certificate should specify the following information in the “Treatment” section:

treatment commencement date;

AND

selected treatment temperature schedule.

The date on which the probes are placed into the fruit is to be entered into the Start and End Date fields (same date into both fields).

Printouts or direct electronic downloads of all temperature sensors are to be made available to the NPPO at the port of arrival in French Polynesia for final clearance of the consignment.

Onshore cold treatment:

Exporter to provide evidence attesting to the treatment and to present this to the authorised officer approved by the department at the time of inspection or loading.

The Phytosanitary certificate should specify the following information in the “Treatment” section:

treatment dates;

AND

selected treatment temperature schedule.

Fumigation

Fumigation with methyl bromide can be performed at one of the following rates:

At 48 grm/m3 for 4 hours at 11 degrees Celsius;

At 40 grm/m3 for 4 hours at 16 degrees Celsius;

At 32 grm/m3 for 4 hours at 21 degrees Celsius;

At 24 grm/m3 for 4 hours at 26 degrees Celsius;

At 16 grm/m3 for 4 hours at 31 degrees Celsius.