Medicago sativa seed

Country
Indonesia (ID)
Group
Grains / Seeds
End use
Sowing
NPPO Details
Center for Plant Quarantine and Biosafety, Indonesia Agricultural Quarantine Agency
Relevant Web Addresses
https://karantinaindonesia.go.id
Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit Yes
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement No
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.

 

It is the exporter's responsibility to ensure that the consignment departs no more than 21 days after the phytosanitary certificate is issued. If the phytosanitary certificate is issued after consignment's departure, the departure date must be within 21 days from phytosanitary inspection.

Consignments are to be packed in clean and new packaging secure from reinfestation and contamination by target plant pest organisms and/or target quarantine plant pest organisms and spoilage.

The pests and weed seeds of quarantine concern to Indonesia for Medicago sativa seed include, but not limited to, the following: 

  • Charcoal rot of bean/tobacco (Macrophomina phaseolina)
  • Cottony soft rot (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum)
  • Bacterial wilt of bean (Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens)
  • Bacterial canker or blast (Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae)
  • Bacterial alfalfa leaf spot (Xanthomonas euvesicatoria pv. alfalfae)
  • Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV)
  • Tobacco streak virus (TSV)
  • Alfalfa dodder (Cuscuta epithymum)
  • Russian knapweed (Rhaponticum repens)
  • Black-grass (Alopecurus myosuroides)
  • Asphodel (Asphodelus fistulosus)
  • Phillipine violet (Asystasia gangetica)
  • California thistle (Cirsium arvense)
  • Columbian waxweed (Cuphea carthagenensis)
  • East African coughgrass (Digitaria abyssinica)
  • Couch grass (Elymus repens)
  • Rumex hypogaeus (Spiny emex)
  • Parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus)
  • Praxelis (Praxelis clematidea)
  • Pigeonberry (Rivina humilis)
  • Stem and bulb nematode (Ditylenchus dispaci)

Visual inspection by an Authorised Officer is sufficient for endorsing freedom from the following pests:
Black-grass (Alopecurus myosuroides), Asphodel (Asphodelus fistulosus), Phillipine violet (Asystasia gangetica), California thistle (Cirsium arvense), Columbian waxweed (Cuphea carthagenensis), East African coughgrass (Digitaria abyssinica), Couch grass (Elymus repens) Rumex hypogaeus (Spiny emex), Parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus), Praxelis (Praxelis clematidea) and Pigeonberry (Rivina humilis).

A crop inspection certificate, an area freedom certificate or a laboratory analysis certificate is required to endorse freedom from the following pests:
Charcoal rot of bean/tobacco (Macrophomina phaseolina), Cottony soft rot (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum), Bacterial wilt of bean (Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens), Bacterial canker or blast (Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae), Bacterial alfalfa leaf spot (Xanthomonas euvesicatoria pv. alfalfae), Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV), Tobacco streak virus (TSV), Alfalfa dodder (Cuscuta epithymum) and Russian knapweed (Rhaponticum repens).

A laboratory analysis certificate is required to endorse freedom from Stem and bulb nematode (Ditylenchus dispaci).

Consignments are to be treated with insecticide at recommended label rates.
 

Details of treatment to be endorsed on the phytosanitary certificate in the treatment section.
The exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the treatment and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

Import permit dated 31 July 2015 and 12 October 2026, NPPO advice via Agriculture Counsellor dated 4 February 2026.

30/10/2026 – Updated general requirements to include list of pests and weed seeds of quarantine concern. Updated treatment details.
09/04/2026 – Updated general requirements to include the 21-day requirement.

Initial Uploaded: 14/08/2015
Reviewed Uploaded: 30/10/2026