Legumes

Country
New Zealand (NZ)
Group
Processed plant products
End use
Consumption
NPPO Details
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)
Relevant Web Addresses
https://www.mpi.govt.nz/
Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit No
Phytosanitary Certificate No
Additional Declaration/Endorsement No
Protocol Market No

Consignments are to be free from pests, soil, weed seeds and extraneous material.

Permitted entry without an accompanying phytosanitary certificate.

These import requirements apply to the following commercially manufactured or produced products only:

Beans (Phaseolus spp.)

  • Split
  • Whole or split in soup mixes (retail packs only, up to 1kg)
  • Seeds with testa (coat or skin) removed 

 

Broads bean (Vicia faba) including faba beans

  • Split

Beans (all)

  • Flour

Chickpea, Garbanzo or Chana dahl (Cicer arietinum)

  • Split
  • Flour

Lentil (Lens culinaris)

  • Whole grain consignments up to 5kg
  • Seeds with testa (coat or skin) removed
  • Split grain

Lupin (Lupinus spp.)

  • Flour

Mung beans (Vigna mungo, radiata, unguiculata)

  • Split
  • Seed with testa (coat or skin) removed
  • Flour

Nu-soy Meal

Peas (Pisum spp.)

  • Split (all types)
  • Flour

Senna (Cassia and Senna spp.)

 

Soybean (Glycine max)

  • Flour, curd (tofu)
  • Cooked and then frozen
  • Split/Kibbled/Grit

Tonka beans (Dipteryx odorata)

  • Ground

 

Note:

 
Split faba beans, split chickpeas (chana dahl) and split lentils are prescribed grains and require an Authorised Officer inspection and the issuance of an export permit.
NPPO Regulations (Import Health Standard - Stored Plant Products for Human Consumption) dated 14 November 2018.
09/03/2022 - Added 'Chana dahl' to the list of commodities to which these import conditions apply.
09/02/2022 - Corrected spelling mistake
Initial Uploaded: 26/08/2015
Reviewed Uploaded: 18/07/2026