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Medicago sativa seed

No

Country:

 Bangladesh (BD)

Scientific Name:

  

Group:

 Grains / Seeds

End Use:

 Sowing

NPPO Details:
Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Extension, Plant Protection Wing (Plant Quarantine)

Relevant Web Addresses:


www.dae.gov.bd

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Export Criteria

Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit Yes
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.

A copy of the import permit must be presented to an 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.

If required by the import permit, The import permit number and date may be entered in the "Additional product description field" section of the EXDOC Request for Permit (RFP). To enable the field on the RFP the exporter must submit a request to the EXDOC Plant Programs via email (EXDOCPlantPrograms@aff.gov.au).

Consignments requiring change of destination from India to Bangladesh​

Exporters inspecting and packing consignments for India that may require a change of destination to Bangladesh should note the below species are on Bangladesh’s quarantine weed seed list but not on India's quarantine weed seed list:

  • Ambrosia artemisiifolia
  • Cardaria draba
  • Tripleurospermum inodorum
  • Parthenium. spp
  • Papaver rhoeas​​​​
A change of destination request from India to Bangladesh will not be authorised unless the products were also inspected and tested for Bangladesh's quarantine weed seeds and recorded as such in the inspection record for that commodity.​​​​

Explanation of the endorsements

Endorsement 7082:
  • A crop inspection certificate is required to endorse freedom from Bacterial blight (Pseudomonas andropogonis), Bacterial leaf streak (Xanthomonas holcicola), Black helminthosporium (Helminthosporium spp.) and Fusarium spp.,
  • Visual inspection by the Authorised Officer is sufficient to endorse freedom from Fall army worm (Spodotera fugiperda) and Ergot (Claviceps spp),
  • The exporter must provide a laboratory analysis certificate attesting to freedom from quarantine weed seeds and present to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection. Bangladesh's list of quarantine weed seeds can be found on p.144-145 of the Plant Quarantine Rules 2018. 
  • In Addition, visual inspection by the Authorised Officer must be undertaken as per instructional material for endorsing freedom from the following quarantine weed seeds
NoWeed SeedNoWeed Seed
1Crow garlic/ Wild garlic (Allium vineale)20Florida snake cotton (Froelichia floridana)
2Prostrate pigweed (Amaranthus blitoides)21California sunflower (Helianthus californicus)
3Sea ambrosia (Ambrosia maritima)22Texas blueweed (Helianthus ciliaris)
4Ambrosia artemisiifolia​
23Blue heliotrope (Heliotropium amplexicaule)
5Perennial ragweed (Ambrosia psilostrachya)24Cut grass (Leersia japonica)
6Giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida)25Scentless chamomile (Tripleurospermum inodorum​)
7Loose silky bent grass (Apera-spica-venti)26Corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
8Rye brome (Bromus secalinus)27Parthenium weeds (Parthenium sp)
9Cardaria draba28Canary grass (Phalaris minor)
10Cenchrus tribuloides29Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum)
11Diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa)30Devil's claw (Proboscidea louisianica)
12Spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa)31Russian shrubby thistle (Salsola vermiculata)​
13Yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis)32Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
14Dwarf chicory (Cichorium pumilum)33Horse nettle (Solanum carolinense)
15Spiny chicory (Cichorium spinosum)34Witch weed (Striga hermonthica)
16Black sage/Wild sage (Cordia curassavica)35Field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense)
17Australian dodder (Cuscuta australis​)36Austral toadflax (Thesium australe)
18Hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale)37Dwarf thesium (Thesium humiale)
19Common fumitory (Fumaria officinalis)38Field pansy (Viola arvensis)


Endorsement 8016:
  • The exporter must provide a laboratory analysis certificate attesting to freedom from quarantine weed seeds and present to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection. Bangladesh's list of quarantine weed seeds can be found on p.144-145 of the Plant Quarantine Rules 2018. 
  • In Addition, visual inspection by the Authorised Officer must be undertaken as per instructional material for endorsing freedom from the following quarantine weed seeds
NoWeed SeedNoWeed Seed
1Crow garlic/ Wild garlic (Allium vineale)20Florida snake cotton (Froelichia floridana)
2Prostrate pigweed (Amaranthus blitoides)21California sunflower (Helianthus californicus)
3Sea ambrosia (Ambrosia maritima)22Texas blueweed (Helianthus ciliaris)
4Ambrosia artemisiifolia​
23Blue heliotrope (Heliotropium amplexicaule)
5Perennial ragweed (Ambrosia psilostrachya)24Cut grass (Leersia japonica)
6Giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida)25Scentless chamomile (Tripleurospermum inodorum​)
7Loose silky bent grass (Apera-spica-venti)26Corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
8Rye brome (Bromus secalinus)27Parthenium weeds (Parthenium sp)
9Cardaria draba28Canary grass (Phalaris minor)
10Cenchrus tribuloides29Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum)
11Diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa)30Devil's claw (Proboscidea louisianica)
12Spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa)31Russian shrubby thistle (Salsola vermiculata)​
13Yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis)32Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
14Dwarf chicory (Cichorium pumilum)33Horse nettle (Solanum carolinense)
15Spiny chicory (Cichorium spinosum)34Witch weed (Striga hermonthica)
16Black sage/Wild sage (Cordia curassavica)35Field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense)
17Australian dodder (Cuscuta australis​)36Austral toadflax (Thesium australe)
18Hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale)37Dwarf thesium (Thesium humiale)
19Common fumitory (Fumaria officinalis)38Field pansy (Viola arvensis)


Treatment

​All consignments are to be fumigated with an appropriate fumigant at recommended dose prior to export.​

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

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

Additional Declaration/Endorsements

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 7082)
1) The crop was inspected during active growth and found to be free of Bacterial blight (Pseudomonas andropogonis), Bacterial leaf streak (Xanthomonas holcicola), Black helminthosporium (Helminthosporium spp.) and Fusarium spp.
2) The consignment was found free through official testing and inspection procedure of quarantine weed seeds, Fall army worm (Spodotera fugiperda) and Ergot (Claviceps spp).

Option 2 (EXDOC Endorsement 8016)
1) The consignment is free from quarantine weed seeds.

Reference

​Import permit dated 13 February 2022 and 27 October 2024.

Latest updates

20/02/2025 - New endorsement 8016 created and New treatment option added.
10/01/2025 - Updated general requirements for consignments requiring change of destination from India to Bangladesh.
13/02/2024 - Amended text for endorsement 7082 and updated explanation of the endorsements.
15/02/2022 - Created case based on NPPO requirements.

Initial Uploaded: 14/02/2022
Reviewed Uploaded: 20/02/2025

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