Chickpeas

Country
Egypt (EG)
Scientific Name
Cicer arietinum
Group
Grains / Seeds
End use
Consumption
NPPO Details
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Central Administration of Plant Quarantine, Cairo
Relevant Web Addresses
http://www.capq.gov.eg/
Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit Yes
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement Yes
Protocol Market No
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.

The Authorised Officer must apply a tolerance of 13 seeds/kg for the combined total of the following weed seeds.

Avena fatua L. (wild oat)Avena sterilis L. (winter wild oat)Commelina diffusa (spreading dayflower)
Convolvulus arvensis (bindweed)Fallopia convolvulus (Black bindweed)Ipomoea spp (carica, eriocarpa,hederaceae and purpurea)
Lolium temulentum (darnel ryegrass)Oryza longistaminata (perennial wild rice)Sorghum halepense (L) Pers (Johnson grass)


The Authorised Officer must apply a tolerance of 10 seeds/kg for Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) and Giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida). 

Note: Giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida) is not known to occur in Australia.

Advance Cargo Information (ACI) pre-clearance system for exports to Egypt:

On 1 October 2021, the Egyptian government implemented the Advance Cargo Information (ACI) pre-clearance system for all sea freight via the National Single Window for Foreign Trade Facilitation (NAFEZA) System. The use of ACI for air freight will become mandatory on 1 October 2022.

Egyptian importers are required to use the NAFEZA Platform to register incoming shipments. All exporters of grains, pulses, nuts, seeds for sowing and other plant products to Egypt are required to register their company and complete ACI for shipments exported to Egypt using the CargoX Platform.

Further information on ACI and the requirements for exporters can be found on the CargoX website.
Explanation of the endorsement

Endorsement 6747:

No evidence required as following pests are not known to occur in Australia:

  • Stem canker of sunflower (Diaporthe helianthi)
  • Giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida)
  • Burcucumber (Sicyos angulatus)
  • Sophora (Sophora alopecuroides)
  • Prickly poppy (Argemone munita)

Laboratory testing or crop inspection or area of production freedom based on state department certificate is required to endorse freedom from the following pests:

  • Stem and bulb nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci)
  • Witch weed (Striga spp)
  • Yellow witchweed (Alectra spp)
  • Prosea (Aeginetia spp)

Visual inspections for the following weed seeds and live insects:

  • Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens) 
  • Corn cockle (Agrostemma githago)
  • Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
  • Great bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
  • Hottentot fig (Carpobrotus edulis)
  • Crown vetch (Coronilla varia)
  • Pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana)
  • Crotalaria (Crotalaria spp)
  • Dwarf hygrophila (Hygrophila polysperma)
  • Cow cockle (Saponaria spp)
  • Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
  • Field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense)
  • Hemp (Cannabis spp)
  • Poppy (Papaver spp except Papaver rhoeas)
  • Live insects
     
Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 6747)
1) The consignment was found free through official testing and inspection procedure of live pests and diseases listed in the Ministerial decree No 562/2019 Annex 11.
 

Import permit dated 22 August 2023, Ministerial decree No 562 /2019 of the Egyptian Plant Quarantine Regulations.
 

19/10/2026 - Updated the General requirements section with AO inspection requirements and tolerances for specific weed seed species. 

19/10/2026 - Explanation of the endorsement text updated.

25/08/2023 - Created Micor case based on NPPO requirements
 

Initial Uploaded: 25/08/2023
Reviewed Uploaded: 22/10/2026