Oats

Country
India (IN)
Scientific Name
Avena sativa
End use
Stockfeed
NPPO Details
Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage; Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare
Relevant Web Addresses
http://www.ppqs.gov.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.


All consignments must be free from India's Quarantine weed seeds
 

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


A combination of laboratory analysis, area of production freedom and state freedom certificates for Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci), Culm rot: cereals (Fusarium culmorum), Foot rot: cereals (Monographella nivalis) and Sharp eye spot of cereals (Ceratobasidium cereale) are to be presented to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

Inspection by an Authorised Officer is required for endorsing freedom from Flat grain beetle (Cryptolestes ferrugineus) and Warehouse beetle (Trogoderma variabile).

UpdatedQuarantine Weed Seed List.

Each consignment is to be fumigated with methyl bromide as below:
  • 80 grm/m3 for 48 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: 

  • 88 grm/m3 at 16 - 20 degrees Celsius for 48 hours at NAP;

OR

  • 96 grm/m3 at 11 - 15 degrees Celsius for 48 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 3197)
1) The consignment is free from Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci), Culm rot: cereals (Fusarium culmorum), Foot rot: cereals (Monographella nivalis) and Sharp eye spot of cereals (Ceratobasidium cereale),
2) The consignment is free from Flat grain beetle (Cryptolestes ferrugineus) and Warehouse beetle (Trogoderma variabile),
3) The consignment is free from quarantine weed seeds,
4) The consignment is free from soil.

Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order 2003 sighted 27 September 2022, NSPM 11 sighted 27 September 2022

28/09/2022 - Updated methyl bromide treatment requirements as per NPPO requirements.

Initial Uploaded: 29/07/2014
Reviewed Uploaded: 14/08/2026