Other

Country
United States of America (US)
Group
Nursery stock
End use
Cuttings
NPPO Details
United States Department of Agriculture, Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection & Quarantine, Maryland
Relevant Web Addresses
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/home/
Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit Yes
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement No
Protocol Market No
Consignments are to be free from pests, soil, weed seeds and extraneous material.

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

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

This ICR only applies to the following unrooted cuttings only:
  • Abelia spp
  • Abutilon darwinii x Abutilon striatum
  • Acmena spp
  • Actinotis spp
  • Aechmea spp
  • Ajuga spp
  • Alcantarea spp
  • Alternathera dentata
  • Arctotis hybrids
  • Adenanthos spp
  • Aloe arborescens
  • Alyogyne spp
  • Argyranthemum spp
  • Aulax spp 
  • Banksia spp 
  • Begonia spp
  • Billardiera spp
  • Bougainvillea spp
  • Brachyscome spp
  • Callistemon spp
  • Ceratopetalum spp
  • Coprosoma spp
  • Cuphea spp
  • Dahlia spp
  • Dampiera spp
  • Delairea odorata
  • Delosperma spp
  • Duranta spp
  • Echeveria spp
  • Eremophila spp
  • Erica spp
  • Evolvulus spp
  • Fittonia spp
  • Fuchsia hybrida
  • Gardenia spp
  • Gasteria spp
  • Gazania spp
  • Hibbertia spp
  • Hylocereus trigonus (Selenicereus trigonus)
  • Hylocereus undatus (Selenicereus undatus)
  • Iberis spp
  • Impatiens spp (except Impatiens parviflora)
  • Iresine spp
  • Kalanchoe spp
  • Lavandula spp
  • Lechenaultia spp
  • Leucadendron spp
  • Leucanthemum superbum
  • Leucospermum spp 
  • Lobularia spp
  • Loropetalum chinense *
  • Mandevilla spp
  • Melaleuca spp.
  • Mesembryanthemum spp
  • Myoporum spp
  • Myrsine spp
  • Navia spp
  • Neoregelia spp
  • Ocimum spp
  • Origanum spp
  • Osteospermum spp
  • Pandorea spp
  • Petunia spp
  • Pistacia spp
  • Pittosporum tenuifolium
  • Plectranthus spp
  • Plumeria spp
  • Pongamia spp
  • Prostanthera spp
  • Protea spp 
  • Rhagodia spp
  • Rhaphiolepis spp
  • Rosmarinus officinalis 
  • Russelia spp
  • Salvia spp
  • Scabiosa spp
  • Scaevola spp
  • Sutera spp
  • Syzygium spp
  • Telopea spp 
  • Thomasia spp
  • Tibouchina mutabilis
  • Tillandsia spp
  • Trachelospermum asiaticum
  • Veronica spp
  • Viola spp
  • Vriesea spp
  • Westringia spp
  • Zelkova spp
Note: * Additional declaration is required.

All consignments must be free from soil, other foreign matter or debris, prohibited plants, noxious weed seeds, and living organisms such as parasitic plants, pathogens, insects, snails and mites.

It is the exporter’s responsibility to ensure the consignment is exported within 14 days of inspection and the phytosanitary certificate is issued within 14 days of the consignment being exported from Australia.

Refer to the departure date and inspection date in the Request for Permit.


Each container must be labelled with the plant genus and species name. For containers holding more than one species, each species must be labelled separately.

A typed or legibly printed list/invoice must accompany each shipment and must contain the name of collector/shipper, the botanical name (genus and species) as well as country of origin and the country of export.

Material found to be co-mingled with prohibited or infested material will be subject to the same action as the prohibited or infested material (ie: re-export, destruction, etc).

The exporter / importer is responsible for ensuring that plant material imported into the USA complies with all applicable requirements stated in Title 7 Code of Federal Regulations Part 319.37.

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 8162)
1) Sudden oak death (Phytophthora ramorum) is not known to occur in Australia.

Import permit dated 24 February 2026.
Import permit dated 22 July 2025.
Import permit dated 19 March 2025.
Import permit dated 01 January 2025.
Import permit dated 17 October 2024.
Import permit dated 18 September 2024.
Import permit dated 25 April 2024.
Import permit dated 14 March 2024.
Import permit dated 23 February 2024.
Import permit dated 04 Jan 2024.
20/03/2026 - ICR list updated to include new species.
20/10/2025 - ICR list updated to include new species.
05/08/2025 - Updated to include additional declaration.
28/07/2025 - ICR list updated to include new species.
11/07/2025 - ICR list updated to include new species.
30/01/2025 - ICR list updated to include new species and genus.
12/11/2024 - ICR list updated to include new species and genus.
04/10/2024 - ICR list updated to include new species and genus.
15/05/2024 - ICR list updated to include new species.
09/04/2024 - ICR list updated to inlcude new species.
03/04/2024 - ICR list updated to include new species.
27/03/2024 - ICR list updated to include new species and genus.
24/01/2024 - ICR list updated to include new genus.
01/12/2023 - ICR list updated to include new genus.
21/06/2023 - ICR list updated to include new genus.
14/06/2023 - ICR lists updated to include new genus.
20/03/2023 - ICR lists updated to include new genus.
09/03/2023 - Additional product added to ICR list.
07/12/2022 - ICR list updated to include new genus.
23/11/2022 - ICR list updated to include new genus.
22/04/2022 - ICR list updated to include new genus.
11/04/2022 - ICR list updated to include new genus.
06/04/2022 - ICR list updated to include new genus.
04/03/2022 - ICR list updated to include new species.
26/11/2021 - ICR list updated to include new species.
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Reviewed Uploaded: 20/03/2026