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Zea mays seed

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Country:

China (CN)

Scientific Name:

 

Group:

Grains / Seeds

End Use:

Sowing

NPPO Details:

General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC)

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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.
 
​Original and certified translation of the import permit must be presented to the 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.

Explanation of the endorsements

Endorsement 5046: 

Cylindrocladium parasiticum, Bacterial wilt of dahlia (Erwinia chrysanthemi), Nematodes (Meloidogyne spp, Radopholus similis, Paratrichodorus spp, Pratylenchus spp and Trichodorus spp), Downy mildew (Peronosclerospora spp), Pink rot (Pyrenochaeta terrestris),  Blast of oil palm (Pythium splendens), Leaf scald of sugarcane (Xanthomonas albilineans) and Sugarcane gumming disease (Xanthomonas axonopodis pv vasculorum) are unlikely to be on the export pathway of Zea mays seed and do not require testing or inspection to determine freedom.

Endorsement 6012:
  • Applies to Zea mays seeds of New Zealand origin.
  • When using EXDOC Endorsement 6012 for seeds of New Zealand origin, freedom from the pest be endorsed as follows:
Visual inspection by the Authorised Officer for the following pests:
Cocklebur (Xanthium spp), Prickly nightshade (Solanum rostratum), Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense), Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense), Russian knapweed (Centaurea repens), Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), Sandburr (Cenchrus spp), Siam weed (Eupatorium odoratum), Argentine stem weevil (Listronotus bonariensis) and White fringed beetle (Naupactus leucoloma).

Laboratory testing to endorse freedom from the following pests:
Pineapple eye rot (Cephalosporium sacchari), Croftonweed (Eupatorium adenophorum), Machlomovirus Maize chlorotic mottle virus, Potato tuber nematode (Ditylenchus destructor) and Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci).

No evidence required to endorse freedom from the following pests following pests are not on Zea mays seed exports pathway:
Bacterial wilt of dahlia (Erwinia chrysanthemi), Nematode (Meloidogyne spp), Nematode (Xiphinema spp), Nematodes (Longidorus spp), nematode (Paratrichodorus spp) and Leaf scald of sugarcane (Xanthomonas albilineans).

Treatment

Additional Declaration/Endorsements

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 1126)
1) Pineapple eye rot (Cephalosporium sacchari), Maize chlorotic mottle virus,  Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense), Siam weed (Eupatorium odoratum) and Nematodes (Longidorus spp) are not known to occur in Australia,
2) The crop was inspected during active growth and found free from Cylindrocladium parasiticum, Bacterial wilt of dahlia (Erwinia chrysanthemi), Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci), Nematodes (Meloidogyne spp, Radopholus similis, Paratrichodorus spp, Pratylenchus spp and Trichodorus spp), Downy mildew (Peronosclerospora spp), Pink rot (Pyrenochaeta terrestris),  Blast of oil palm (Pythium splendens), Leaf scald of sugarcane (Xanthomonas albilineans) and Sugarcane gumming disease (Xanthomonas axonopodis pv vasculorum),
3) A representative sample was found free through laboratory testing of Winter wild oat (Avena sterilis), Russian knapweed (Centaurea repens), Prickly nightshade (Solanum rostratum), Sorghum (Sorghum almum), Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense), Sandburr (Cenchrus spp), Cocklebur (Xanthium spp) and Croftonweed (Eupatorium adenophorum) ,
4) A representative sample was inspected and found free of Argentine stem weevil (Listronotus bonariensis), White fringed beetle (Naupactus leucoloma), Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica), Sugarcane weevil borer (Rhabdoscelus obscurus) and Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta).

Option 2  (EXDOC Endorsement 5046)
1) Pineapple eye rot (Cephalosporium sacchari), Maize chlorotic mottle virus, Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense), Siam weed (Eupatorium odoratum) and Nematodes (Longidorus spp) are not known to occur in Australia,
2) The consignment is free from Cylindrocladium parasiticum, Bacterial wilt of dahlia (Erwinia chrysanthemi), Nematodes (Meloidogyne spp, Radopholus similis, Paratrichodorus spp, Pratylenchus spp and Trichodorus spp), Downy mildew (Peronosclerospora spp), Pink rot (Pyrenochaeta terrestris), Blast of oil palm (Pythium splendens), Leaf scald of sugarcane (Xanthomonas albilineans) and Sugarcane gumming disease (Xanthomonas axonopodis pv vasculorum),
3) A representative sample was found free through laboratory testing of Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci), Winter wild oat (Avena sterilis), Russian knapweed (Centaurea repens), Prickly nightshade (Solanum rostratum), Sorghum (Sorghum almum), Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense), Sandburr (Cenchrus spp), Cocklebur (Xanthium spp) and Croftonweed (Eupatorium adenophorum),
4) A representative sample was inspected and found free of Argentine stem weevil (Listronotus bonariensis), White fringed beetle (Naupactus leucoloma), Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica), Sugarcane weevil borer (Rhabdoscelus obscurus) and Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta).

Option 3 (EXDOC Endorsement 6012)
1) Consignment was found free through official testing and inspection procedures of Nematode (Paratrichodorus spp), Leaf scald of sugarcane (Xanthomonas albilineans), Nematode (Xiphinema spp), Cocklebur (Xanthium spp), Prickly nightshade (Solanum rostratum), Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense), Nematode (Trichodorus spp), Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense), Russian knapweed (Centaurea repens), Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), Sandburr (Cenchrus spp), Pineapple eye rot (Cephalosporium sacchari), Croftonweed (Eupatorium adenophorum), Nematode (Meloidogyne spp), Argentine stem weevil (Listronotus bonariensis), Machlomovirus Maize chlorotic mottle virus, Nematode (Longidorus spp), White fringed beetle (Naupactus leucoloma), Potato tuber nematode (Ditylenchus destructor), Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) and Bacterial wilt of dahlia (Erwinia chrysanthemi).

Option 4 (EXDOC Endorsement 6013)

1) Pineapple eye rot (Cephalosporium sacchari), Machlomovirus Maize chlorotic mottle virus, Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense), Siam weed (Eupatorium odoratum) and Nematodes (Longidorus spp) are not known to occur in Australia,
2) The consignment is free from Bacterial wilt of dahlia (Erwinia chrysanthemi), Nematodes (Meloidogyne spp, Xiphinema spp, Paratrichodorus spp and Trichodorus spp) and Leaf scald of sugarcane (Xanthomonas albilineans),
3) A representative sample was found free through laboratory testing of Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci), Russian knapweed (Centaurea repens), Prickly nightshade (Solanum rostratum), Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense), Sandburr (Cenchrus spp), Cocklebur (Xanthium spp) and Croftonweed (Eupatorium adenophorum),
4) A representative sample was inspected and found free of Argentine stem weevil (Listronotus bonariensis), White fringed beetle (Naupactus leucoloma), and Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta).

Reference

Import permit dated 29 November 2019.

Latest updates

Initial Uploaded: 29/07/2014
Reviewed Uploaded: 20/04/2023