Encephalartos spp

Country
Korea, Republic of (KR)
Group
Nursery stock
End use
Plants
NPPO Details
Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA)
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.


It is the exporter’s responsibility to ensure that the phytosanitary certificate is issued within 14 days of the consignment being exported from Australia.

Refer to the departure date and inspection date in the Request for Permit.


Plants are subjected to inspection (visual and laboratory) at the port of arrival in South Korea.

This ICR applies to plants planted in a mixture of peat, perlite peat moss, coco feat (including coconut husks), moss (dried sphagnum moss) or bark (excluding import prohibited plants under Table 1 of the Enforcement Rule). 

Contact Micor if a different growing media is used.

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 801)
1) The plants were loaded into the container immediately after being planted in peat moss, perlite, coco feat (including coconut husks), moss (dried sphagnum moss) or bark which had never been used for plant growing.

Option 2 (EXDOC Endorsement 802)
1) The plants were planted in peat moss, perlite peat moss, coco feat (including coconut husks), moss (dried sphagnum moss) or bark which had never been used for plant growing, and have been grown on the floor paved with concrete, or on shelves 50 cm above ground in a greenhouse (or facility equipped with 1.6 x 1.6 mm or smaller meshes) which is registered with the Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment.

NPPO import conditions verified on 8 February 2022. 

01/03/2022 - Updated based on NPPO requirements.
01/03/2022 - Amended text for endorsement 801, 802.
01/03/2022 – Updated general requirements to state new ICR requirements.
Initial Uploaded: 06/12/2019
Reviewed Uploaded: 18/07/2026