Consignments presented in commercial packaging who weight of bare seed is greater than 100 grams per unit are to be treated with an appropriate fungicide at recommended manufacturer's requirements.
Non-commercial consignments are to be treated prior to export with an insecticide and fungicide at recommended manufacturer's requirements
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.
If the products are of non-Australian origin and the phytosanitary certificate from the country of origin endorses a treatment schedule approved by the import permit, no treatment details are to be endorsed on the Australian phytosanitary certificate unless the products had been treated again in Australia. The exporter may choose to use the phytosanitary certificate from the country of origin to meet New Caledonia's treatment requirement. If so:
- No evidence for treatment is required even if the import permit requires treatment.
- The country of origin as well as the phytosanitary certificate number from the country of origin must be listed in the Additional Product Description with the following format: "COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: XXXX CERTIFICATE NUMBER XXXX". Contact EXDOCPlantPrograms@agriculture.gov.au in order to enable this field.
- The phytosanitary certificate from the country of origin must be presented to the Authorised Officer at time of inspection.
