Vitis vinifera

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

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

Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.

Plants in tissue culture must be produced in a facility under conditions that prevent contamination with regulated pests.

The number of flasks / tubs / tubes in the consignment are to be declared on the phytosanitary certificate at all times.

Cultures imported in growing media must have been grown in the vessel in which they are imported. The container must be pest-proof, rigid and either clear plastic or glass.
The growing media or culture media must not contain any antibiotics or fungicides (see Section 1.11.4 of the MPI IHS).

Labelling:

All flasks / tubs / tubes of cultures in the consignment must be clearly identified with their scientific name (genus and species).

Explanation of the endorsements:
  • For plantlets recently removed from in-vitro tissue culture, endorsement 8424 applies.
  • For plants imported in growing media, endorsement 8425 applies.

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 8424)
1) These plantlets were removed from the original culture container(s) in which they were grown, not more than 48 hours before export, and have not been in contact with any other growing media.
2) The Vitis tissue cultures have been sourced from mother plants which are at least 10 years old and have been inspected during the growing season and are free from symptoms of Syrah decline.
3) The tissue cultures in this consignment, and the plants they were derived from, have only been grown in the country of origin, Australia, which is free from Xylella fastidiosa.

Option 2 (EXDOC Endorsement 8425)
1) The Vitis tissue cultures have been sourced from mother plants which are at least 10 years old and have been inspected during the growing season and are free from symptoms of Syrah decline.
2) The tissue cultures in this consignment, and the plants they were derived from, have only been grown in the country of origin, Australia, which is free from Xylella fastidiosa.

New Zealand's Import Health Standard - Plants for Planting dated 05 November 2025.
Import permit dated 23 February 2026.

25/05/2026 - Case created as per NPPO requirements.
Initial Uploaded: 22/05/2026
Reviewed Uploaded: 18/07/2026