Maize

Country
India (IN)
Scientific Name
Zea mays
Group
Grains / Seeds
End use
Consumption
NPPO Details
Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage; Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare
Relevant Web Addresses
http://www.ppqs.gov.in/
www.agricoop.nic.in
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.


Explanation of the endorsement

Endorsement 3239:
  • All 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.
  • In Addition, visual inspection by the Authorised Officer must be undertaken as per instructional material for endorsing freedom from the following quarantine weed seeds.
  • Visual inspection by an Authorised Officer is sufficient to endorse freedom from soil (as per normal tolerances).
  • Maize ergot (Claviceps gigantean) and Larger grain borer (Prostephanus truncatus) are not known to occur in Australia. No evidence is required to endorse freedom from these pests.
  • Visual inspection by an Authorised Officer is sufficient to endorse freedom from Maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais).


Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.


Non-GMO requirements:

India requires the goods are not genetically modified. The exporter is responsible for ensuring the consignment is accompanied by a Certificate as to Condition (Grain - GX46/Horticulture - HX46). The Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) has confirmed there are no approvals for commercial production of genetically modified cultivars of this product in Australia.

The following text must be added to the additional declaration field when a GX46/HX46 template is added to the RFP:

The Office of the Gene Technology Regulator has advised the department that there has been no intentional release into the Australian environment of genetically modified product(s) listed on this certificate.

Each consignment is to be fumigated with methyl bromide at: 
  • 32 grm/m3 for 24 hours at 21 degrees Celsius or above at NAP as per the PQ Order 2003;
OR

The Indian NPPO accepts the following dosage compensation for methyl bromide fumigation applied at temperatures between 11 and 21 degrees Celsius: 
  • 40 grm/m3 at 16 - 20 degrees Celsius for 24 hours at NAP;

OR

  • 48 grm/m3 at 11 - 15 degrees Celsius for 24 hours at NAP.
Note: Methyl bromide fumigation is not permitted at temperatures of 10 degrees Celsius or below. Dosage compensation is not permitted for temperatures above 21 degrees Celsius.

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.
Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 3239)
1) Maize ergot (Claviceps gigantean) and Larger grain borer (Prostephanus truncatus) are not known to occur in Australia,
2) The consignment is free from Maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais),
3) The consignment is free from soil.
4) The consignment is free from quarantine weed seeds as per schedule VIII of PQ order 2003.
6th Amendment of Indian Quarantine Order 2003.
22/03/2024 - Amended text for endorsement 3239 and updated explanation of endorsement 3239 text.
28/07/2022 - Update to non-GMO requirements.
16/04/2021 - Update to general requirements - Update to non GMO requirements as per NPPO advice.
24/02/2021 - Update to general requirements - inclusion of non-GM certification requirements.
Initial Uploaded: 29/07/2014
Reviewed Uploaded: 18/07/2026