All seed for sowing consignments to New Zealand need to conform to New Zealand's import requirements as listed in Part 1 (General Requirements) of the Seeds for Sowing IHS.

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 New Zealand's regulated pests, and conforms to New Zealand's import requirements as listed in the Seeds for Sowing IHS.

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.

The import conditions are applicable to:

Trifolium affine	Trifolium africanum	Trifolium aintabense	Trifolium alexandrinum	Trifolium alpestre
Trifolium alpinum	Trifolium amabile	Trifolium ambiguum	Trifolium angulatum	Trifolium angustifolium
Trifolium apertum	Trifolium argutum	Trifolium arvense	Trifolium aureum	Trifolium badium
Trifolium batmanicum	Trifolium bejariense	Trifolium billardierei	Trifolium bocconei	Trifolium boissieri
Trifolium burchellianum	Trifolium campestre	Trifolium canescens	Trifolium caudatum	Trifolium cernuum
Trifolium cherleri	Trifolium chilense	Trifolium ciliolatum	Trifolium clusii	Trifolium clypeatum
Trifolium dalmaticum	Trifolium dasyurum	Trifolium depauperatum var. stenophyllum	Trifolium diffusum	Trifolium dubium
Trifolium echinatum	Trifolium echinatum var. carmeli	Trifolium fragiferum	Trifolium glanduliferum	Trifolium globosum
Trifolium glomeratum	Trifolium gracilentum	Trifolium grandiflorum	Trifolium hirtum	Trifolium hohenackeri
Trifolium hybridum	Trifolium hybridum subsp. elegans	Trifolium incarnatum	Trifolium israeliticum	Trifolium isthmocarpum
Trifolium lappaceum	Trifolium leucanthum	Trifolium ligusticum	Trifolium longipes	Trifolium lucanicum
Trifolium lugardii	Trifolium lupinaster	Trifolium masaiense	Trifolium mattirolianum	Trifolium medium
Trifolium medium	Trifolium michelianum var. balansae	Trifolium micranthum	Trifolium microdon	Trifolium miegeanum
Trifolium michelianum var. balansae	Trifolium micranthum	Trifolium microdon	Trifolium miegeanum	Trifolium montanum
Trifolium mutabile	Trifolium nigrescens	Trifolium noricum	Trifolium obscurum	Trifolium ochroleucon
Trifolium ornithopodioides	Trifolium palaestinum	Trifolium pallescens	Trifolium pallidum	Trifolium pannonicum
Trifolium patens	Trifolium patulum	Trifolium pauciflorum	Trifolium phleoides	Trifolium physodes
Trifolium polymorphum	Trifolium polystachyum	Trifolium pratense	Trifolium purpureum	Trifolium repens
Trifolium resupinatum	Trifolium retusum	Trifolium rubens	Trifolium rueppellianum	Trifolium rusbyi subsp. Reflexum
Trifolium salmoneum	Trifolium scabrum	Trifolium semipilosum	Trifolium spumosum	Trifolium squamosum
Trifolium squarrosum	Trifolium stellatum	Trifolium steudneri	Trifolium striatum	Trifolium strictum
Trifolium subterraneum	Trifolium suffocatum	Trifolium tembense	Trifolium thalii	Trifolium tomentosum
Trifolium trichocephalum	Trifolium tumens	Trifolium uniflorum	Trifolium usambarense	Trifolium vernum
Trifolium vesiculosum	Trifolium willdenovii

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.