Sorghum vulgaris seed

Country
Papua New Guinea (PG)
Group
Grains / Seeds
End use
Sowing
NPPO Details
PNG Biosecurity Authority
Relevant Web Addresses
http://www.naqia.gov.pg
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.


A copy of the import permit must be presented to an Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.


Seed must be sourced from crops that were inspected during the growing season and found to the free from evidence of quarantine pests and diseases.

Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.
Consignments must be treated by:

Immersed in an insecticide, dried and dusted to excess with a fungicide, metalaxyl at manufacturers label requirements;

OR

Fumigation with:

  • Methyl bromide at 48 grm/m3 for 2.5 hours at 21 degrees Celsius and above;

OR

  • Phosphine at 5grm/m3 for seven (7) days at temperatures above 25 degrees Celsius;

OR

  • Phosphine at 5grm/m3 for ten (10) days at temperatures between 20 - 25 degrees Celsius.
The exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the treatment and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.


Details of treatment to be endorsed on the phytosanitary certificate in the treatment section.
Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 4911)
1) Seed has been sourced from crops that were inspected during the growing season and found to the free from evidence of quarantine pests and diseases,
2) A representative sample was inspected and found free of Trogoderma spp.
Import permit dated 26 June 2014
Initial Uploaded: 25/08/2014
Reviewed Uploaded: 18/07/2026