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Country
Cook Islands (CK)
Group
Fruit
End use
Fresh
NPPO Details
Ministry of Agriculture, Biosecurity Service, Rarotonga
Relevant Web Addresses
https://agriculture.gov.ck/
Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit No
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement Yes
Protocol Market No
Consignments are to be free from pests, soil, weed seeds and extraneous material.


This ICR only applies to the following commodities
  • Apple (Malus spp)
  • Apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
  • Cherry (Prunus avium)
  • Honeydew melon (Cucumis melo)
  • Lemon (Citrus limon)
  • Lime (Citrus spp)
  • Mandarin, Tangerine (Citrus reticulata)
  • Nectarine, Peach (Prunus persica)
  • Orange (Citrus sinensis)
  • Pear (Pyrus spp)
  • Plum (Prunus domestica)
  • Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo)
  • Rockmelon (Cucumis melo)
  • Scallopini (Cucurbita pepo)
  • Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo)

Regulated pests and diseases - Risk Group 3 of concern to Cook Islands
  • Bactrocera aquilonis
  • Bactrocera bryoniae
  • Bactrocera cucumis - Cucumber fruit fly
  • Bactrocera dorsalis - Oriental fruit fly - Not known to occur in Australia
  • Bactrocera frauenfeldi
  • Bactrocera jarvisi
  • Bactrocera kraussi
  • Bactrocera musae - Banana fruit fly
  • Bactrocera neohumeralis - Lesser Queensland fruit fly
  • Bactrocera tryoni - Queensland fruit fly
  • Ceratitis capitata - Mediterranean fruit fly
  • Atherigona orientalis - Muscid fly
  • Bemesia tabaci
  • Conogethes punctiferalis
  • Dirioxa pornia
  • Globodera spp - Cyst nematode
  • Lamprolonchaea brouniana
  • Phyllogphaga spp
  • Tetranychus kanzawai
  • Thrips palmi
  • Tomato yellow leaf curl virus
Treatment for Risk Group 3 regulated pests by cold disinfestation treatment. 

Cold treatment may be undertaken onshore or in-transit at either:

  •  0 degrees Celsius, or below, for 13 days; 

OR

  •  1 degree Celsius (+/- 0.2 degrees Celsius) for 16 days;

OR

  •  1 degree Celsius (+/- 0.6 degrees Celsius) for 16 days.

For onshore cold treatment, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the treatment and to present to the Authorised Officer at time of inspection.

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.


Treatment undertaken in-transit will not be certified on the Phytosanitary certificate in the treatment section.

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 2640)
1) The consignment was inspected in accordance with appropriate official procedures and found to be free from any visually detectable quarantine pests specified by the Cook Islands Ministry of Agriculture Biosecurity Service,
2) The product has undergone onshore cold treatment for RG3 regulated pests.

Option 2 (EXDOC Endorsement 5510)
1) The consignment was inspected in accordance with appropriate official procedures and found to be free from any visually detectable quarantine pests specified by the Cook Islands Ministry of Agriculture Biosecurity Service,
2) Subject to in-transit cold treatment for RG3 regulated pests.
NPPO correspondence dated 12 October 2018,
Import Health Standard dated 19 December 2018.
Initial Uploaded: 29/05/2018
Reviewed Uploaded: 18/07/2026