Raw cotton

Country
India (IN)
Scientific Name
Gossypium spp.
Group
Processed plant products
End use
Processing
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.

Treatment of each consignment MAY BE undertaken in Australia or upon arrival in India.

If treated in Australia:

Each consignment is to be fumigated with Methyl bromide at 24grm/m3 for 24 hours at 21 degrees Celsius, or above, under NAP.

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 shall be endorsed on the phytosanitary certificate in the treatment section when fumigation undertaken in Australia.

A phytosanitary certificate with no treatment may be issued when exporters opt to undertake fumigation on arrival.
Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 2095)
1) Cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis), Thurberia weevil (Anthonomus peninsularis) and Peruvian boll weevil (Anthonomus vestitus) are not known to occur in Australia.
Plant Quarantine Regulation 2003 and Advice from the NPPO.
Initial Uploaded: 29/07/2014
Reviewed Uploaded: 16/09/2024