Sweet potato

Country
Taiwan (TW)
Scientific Name
Ipomoea spp.
Group
Vegetables
End use
Fresh
NPPO Details
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency Ministry of Agriculture
Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit No
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement Yes
Protocol Market No

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

The product must be sourced from the state of Victoria only as per the quarantine requirements for the importation of plants or plant products into Taiwan.

All plants and plant products transhipped through countries or districts where designated insects, mites, fungi, bacteria, viruses or nematodes occur shall be properly packed and secure d in Australia in such a way that they shall not be in contact with any other consignment.

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.

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement No 1823)
1) A representative sample was inspected and found free of Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci), White fringed beetle (Naupactus leucoloma) and Potato rot nematode (Ditylenchus destructor),
2) The product has been sourced from the state of Victoria.
NPPO regulations
22/07/2025 - Amended NPPO details and web address.
Initial Uploaded: 29/07/2014
Reviewed Uploaded: 22/07/2025