Consignments are to be free from pests, soil, weed seeds and extraneous material.
It is the exporter's responsibility to ensure phytosanitary certificates are issued not more than 14 days prior to the consignment being exported from Australia.
Refer to the departure date in the Request for Permit.
Seed not being re-exported from Hong Kong will be issued a phytosanitary certificate with No Additional Declaration.
Listed endorsements apply to re-export certification only. (Australian seed being exported that will be re-exported from Hong Kong.)
Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.
For endorsement No 929, consignments must be free from India's Quarantine weed seeds as per schedule VIII of PQ order 2003. Exporter must provide a laboratory analysis certificate attesting to the endorsement and to present to the Authorised Officer at time of inspection.
Requests by exporters for additional endorsements of seed for sowing being exported to Hong Kong may be complied with where it is known that the seed shall be re-exported to another destination through a re-export phytosanitary certificate.
Requests for endorsements required to meet this allowance are to be emailed to: Micorplants@agriculture.gov.au for action.