Malus spp

Country
South Africa (ZA)
Group
Nursery stock
End use
Cuttings
NPPO Details
Department Agriculture, Forestry Fisheries Directorate Plant Health Quality
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.

Consignments are to be packed in clean, new packages/bags not previously used for any purpose.

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


Consignment must be correctly labelled with full botanical name (genus and species).
Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 2655)
1) Tomato ringspot nepovirus, Strawberry tortrix (Acleris comariana), Summer fruit tortriad (Adoxophyes orana), Rose leafroller (Archips rosana), Orange tortrix (Argyrotaenia citrana), False spider mite (Cenopalpus lanceolatisetae), Cherry rasp leaf nepovirus, Oblique banded leafroller (Choristoneura rosaceana), Brownheaded leafroller (Ctenopseustis obliquana), Fireblight (Erwinia amylovora), Nut scale (Eulecanium tiliae), Glassy-winged sharpshooter (Homalodisca coagulata), Frosted moth-bug (Metcalfa pruinosa), South American fruit tree weevil (Naupactus xanthographus), Winter moth (Operophtera brumata), European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis), Common twist moth (Pandemis cerasana), Olive scale (Parlatoria oleae), Omnivorous leaf roller (Platynota stultana), Comstock's mealybug (Pseudococcus comstocki), Eye spotted bud moth (Spilonota ocellana), Pear thrips (Taeniothrips inconsequens), 4-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus canadensis), McDaniel spider mite (Tetranychus mcdanieli), Pacific spider mite (Tetranychus pacificus), Hawthorn spider mite (Amphitetranychus viennensis), Spotted cutworm (Xestia c-nigrum), European canker (Nectria galligena), Plum gall mite (Diptacus gigantorhynchus), Tomato bushy stunt tombusvirus, Leopard moth (Zeuzera pyrina), Black vine thrips (Retithrips syriacus), Cherry fruit worm (Cydia packardi), Schoene spider mite (Tetranychus schoenei), Spider mite (Eotetranychus pruni), Yellow mite (Eotetranychus carpini), Great brown twist moth (Archips podana), Apple fruit chat, Quince rust (Gymnosporangium clavipes), American hawthorn rust (Gymnosporangium globosum), Cedar apple rust (Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae), Rust (Gymnosporangium yamadae), Apple proliferation phytoplasma, Potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae), Black and white citrus longhorn (Anoplophora chinensis), Willamette mite (Eotetranychus willamettei), Bunch mite (Brevipalpus lilium) and Xylella fastidiosa are not known to occur in Australia,
2) The parent plants were found free through laboratory testing of Tobacco ringspot nepovirus and Brown rot (Monilinia fructicola),
3) The cuttings were inspected and found free from Apple rust mite (Aculus schlechtendali), Indian white wax scale (Ceroplastes ceriferus), Yellow peach moth (Conogethes punctiferalis), Light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana), Pink hibiscus mealybug (Maconellicoccus hirsutus), European fruit scale (Parthenolecanium corni), Ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus dispar), Fruit tree false spider mite (Cenopalpus pulcher), Grape mealybug (Pseudococcus maritimus), Japanese long scale (Lopholeucaspis japonica), Pear oyster scale (Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis), Egyptian fluted scale (Icerya aegyptiaca) and Pasture mite (Bryobia repensi).
Import permit dated 11 March 2024. 
Import permit dated 01 November 2022
02/09/2024 - Amended text for endorsement 2655 to include Xylella fastidiosa.
23/11/2022 - Amended text for endorsement 2655.
Initial Uploaded: 29/07/2014
Reviewed Uploaded: 18/07/2026