Seed listed in the Plant Biosecurity Index as "Basic" can be exported with or without a phytosanitary certificate.

Option 1: Seed with a phytosanitary certificate

For consignments certified in Australia and issued with a phytosanitary certificate:
- inspected in accordance with official procedure and found free of visually detectable regulated pests of New Zealand, and conforms to New Zealand's import requirements.

Option 2: Seed without a Phytosanitary certificate

On arrival in New Zealand the consignment or samples, drawn in accordance with approved sampling rules, are to be inspected by an inspector at the importer's expense.

Note: The import conditions are applicable only to seeds for sowing listed in the Plant Biosecurity Index as "Basic" and no import conditions are available under the Import Health Standards: 155.02.05 Import of Seeds for Sowing.

The import conditions are applicable to:

Limonium altaica	Limonium arborescens	Limonium aureum
Limonium bellidifolium	Limonium bonduellii	Limonium cosyrense
Limonium dumosum	Limonium fortunei	Limonium gmelinii
Limonium gougetianum	Limonium latifolium	Limonium longifolium
Limonium macrophyllum	Limonium minutum	Limonium otolepis
Limonium pectinatum	Limonium peregrinum	Limonium perezii
Limonium purpuratum	Limonium ramosissimum	Limonium sinuatum
Limonium tetragonum	Limonium vulgare

 

Note: New Zealand requires complete scientific name (genus and species) on the phytosanitary certificate. The exporter must specify the complete scientific name (genus and species) when raising a RFP.