Phytosanitary requirements

These Importing Country Requirements only apply to the Stem and leaf portions of Celery (Apium graveolens). This includes celery bunches with roots cut away. The consignment must not include underground parts, adventitious roots, or soil.

Consignments must be acompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration (EXDOC Endorsement 1761) attesting that the consignment has been been inspected and found free from Ditylenchus dipsaci (stem nematode) and Frankliniella occidentalis (Western flower thrips)

packaging requirements

Plants and plant products exported by sea transport shall be transported in containers which are sealed and arrive in Taiwan with seals intact.

It is the exporters' responsibility for ensuring the seal is applied to containers.

All consignments using solid wood packing material must comply with with Taiwan's "Quarantine Requirements for Wood Packaging Material used in Imported Commodity (2021.11.08)." Before importation, they must be treated by methyl bromide fumigation, heat treatment, radio frequency heating, or sulfuryl fluoride fumigation, and bear the required stamp. Otherwise, they must be subject to quarantine treatment, destruction, or returned along with the goods as per regulations.

Transshipment requirements

During transportation, if transshipment is required via Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, or other countries/regions where specific plant pests and diseases are present, the procedures must follow the "Quarantine Requirements for Transshipment of Plants or Plant Products through Countries or Districts Where Designated Diseases or Pests Are Known to Occur (2018.10.15)."