Consignments must meet the requirements of the Export Plan for fresh produce from Australia to New Zealand. The Export Plan is available through Micor Plants in the 'Documents' section. Access is restricted and requires a logon.

Consignments are to be free from pests, soil, weed seeds and extraneous material.
Exporters may choose to use the following contaminant tolerances during phytosanitary inspection as referred to in the Import Health Standard 152.02. The permitted tolerances are for a 600-unit sample.

• 25g of soil
• 12 leaves
• 8 regulated weed seeds
  

All bananas exported to New Zealand must:

Have had a measure applied for Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Pink Hibiscus mealybug) of either:

• in-field controls (at an accredited property);

OR

• being sourced from a pest free area (NSW, VIC, SA, WA, TAS);

OR

• fumigation with methyl bromide

AND

• be harvested, packed and exported in the unripe stage of maturity (mature green). Bananas are considered non-hosts to the fruit fly species of economic significance present in Australia when in the unripe stage of maturity.

Consignments containing bananas at the colour break to full ripe stage will be rejected for export to New Zealand.

Explanation of the endorsements

Explanations of EXDOC endorsement(s), and supporting documents required for each endorsement are detailed in the 'Documents' section of Micor.

​Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement 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.

Fumigation

Exporters may select one of the following fumigation rates to treat Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Pink hibiscus mealybug):

1) Fumigated at 40 g/m³ for 2 hours at ≥ 27 degrees Celsius 

2) Fumigated at 48 g/m³ for 2 hours at 21 – 26 degrees Celsius

3) Fumigated at 64 g/m³ for 2 hours at 16 –20 degrees Celsius

The treatment is to be shown on the phytosanitary certificate as:

• FUMIGATED WITH METHYL BROMIDE AT 40GRM/M3 FOR 2 HOURS AT 27 DEGREES CELSIUS OR ABOVE;

OR

• FUMIGATED WITH METHYL BROMIDE AT 48GRM/M3 FOR 2 HOURS AT 21-26 DEGREES CELSIUS;

OR

• FUMIGATED WITH METHYL BROMIDE AT 64GRM/M3 FOR 2 HOURS AT 16-20 DEGREES CELSIUS.

Reconditioning

Reconditioning treatments with methyl bromide must be conducted in accordance with the Acceptance of offshore methyl bromide fumigation treatments, found in the documents section of Micor.

For reconditioning fumigation treatments to be recognised by New Zealand, they must be listed on the phytosanitary certificate in the treatment section using the EXDOC treatment code RE-CON.

It is at the exporter's discretion on whether or not to put a reconditioning treatment on the phytosanitary certificate.

See the New Zealand Export Plan for further details on reconditioning.