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Plants

Almonds

No

Country:

 India (IN)

Scientific Name:

 Prunus dulcis

Group:

 Nuts

End Use:

  

NPPO Details:
Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage; Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare

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Export Criteria

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

General Requirements

​ICR applies to shelled and in-shell nuts.

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

Authorised Officer visual inspection of a representative sample with a nil tolerance is required for endorsing freedom from Mediterranean flour moth, Apricot chalcid, Tobacco moth and Indian meal moth.

All consignments must be free from India's Quarantine weed seeds as per schedule VIII of PQ order 2003. This statement is for information only and no additional supporting documentation is required other than the Export Compliance Record.

Treatment

Consignments are to be treated with Methyl bromide at 16 grm/m3 at 21 degrees Celsius (or above) for 24 hours or above at NAP as per PQ Order 2003;

OR

The Indian NPPO accepts the following dosage compensation from for methyl bromide fumigation applied at temperatures between 11 and 21 degrees Celsius:

  • 24 grm/m3 at 16-20 degrees Celsius for 24 hours at NAP;

OR

  • 32 grm/m3 at 11-15 degrees Celsius for 24 hours at NAP.

Note: Methyl Bromide fumigation is not permitted at temperatures of 10 degrees Celsius or below. Dosage compensation is not permitted for temperatures above 21 degrees Celsius. 

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/Endorsements

​Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 1096)
1) The consignment is free from Mediterranean flour moth (Ephestia kuehniella), Apricot chalcid, Tobacco moth (Ephestia elutella) and Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella).

Reference

​6th Amendment of Indian Quarantine Order 2003.

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Initial Uploaded: 06/02/2017
Reviewed Uploaded: 20/04/2023

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