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Country
United States of America (US)
Group
Nursery stock
End use
Plants
NPPO Details
Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Relevant Web Addresses
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/home/
Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit Yes
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement Yes
Protocol Market No

This ICR only applies to the following species:

  • Abelia spp
  • Actinodium spp
  • Aechmea spp
  • Afrocarpus spp
  • Agapanthus spp
  • Ajuga spp
  • Alcantarea spp
  • Alectryon spp
  • Allium spp
  • Alloxylon spp
  • Alocasia spp
  • Alpinia spp
  • Alternanthera spp (excluding Alternanthera sessilis)
  • Alyogyne spp
  • Alyxia spp
  • Amorphophallus spp
  • Angophora spp
  • Anisodontea spp 
  • Anthurium spp
  • Antirrhinum spp
  • Anubias spp
  • Aotus spp
  • Araucaria spp
  • Armeria spp
  • Asplenium spp
  • Athertonia spp
  • Aubretia spp
  • Aulax spp
  • Banksia spp
  • Barringtonia spp
  • Billbergia spp
  • Blandifordia spp
  • Bougainvillea spp
  • Brachychiton spp including hybrids (Brachychiton velutinosus x B. populneus, Brachychiton populneus x B rupestris, Brachychiton grandiflorus x B garrawayae, Brachychiton garrawayae x B bidwillii, and Brachychiton acerifolius x B populneus. 
  • Bromelia spp
  • Brunonia spp
  • Bulbine spp
  • Caladium spp
  • Calathea spp 
  • Calibrachoa spp
  • Callistemon splendens x pallidus
  • Callistemon spp
  • Callistris spp
  • Calothamnus spp
  • Calytrix spp
  • Canna spp
  • Canistrum spp
  • Canmea spp
  • Carica spp
  • Carludovica spp
  • Catasetum spp
  • Cattleya spp
  • Ceanothus spp (excluding Ceanothus thyrsiflorus)
  • Cephalotus spp
  • Ceratopetalum spp
  • Chamaedorea spp
  • Chamelaucium spp
  • Chorizema spp
  • Clivia spp
  • Cochliostema spp
  • Codonocarpus spp
  • Convolvulus spp
  • Coprosma spp
  • Cordyline spp
  • Corymbia spp
  • Cryptanthus spp
  • Cuphea spp
  • Cynometra spp
  • Cyrtosperma spp
  • Dahlia spp
  • Daphne spp
  • Darlingtonia spp
  • Darwinia spp
  • Dawsonia spp
  • Dendrobium spp
  • Dianella spp
  • Dicksonia spp
  • Dietes spp
  • Dionaea spp
  • Dodonea spp
  • Doryanthes excelsa
  • Doryanthes palmeri
  • Drosera spp
  • Dryandra spp
  • Duranta spp
  • Dyckia spp
  • Echeveria spp
  • Echinopsis pachanoi Trichocereus macrogonus var. pachanoi
  • Epiphyllum spp 
  • Epipremnum spp 
  • Eremophila spp
  • Erica spp
  • Escallonia spp
  • Etlingera spp
  • Eucalyptus spp
  • Eucomis spp
  • Euroschinus falcatus
  • Euphorbia spp
  • Eutaxia spp
  • Gardenia spp
  • Gastrolobium spp
  • Graptophyllum spp
  • Guzmania spp
  • Gymnostoma spp
  • Hakea spp (excluding Hakea salicifolia; Hakea sericea)
  • Hardenbergia spp
  • Heliamphora spp
  • Helichrysum spp
  • Hibbertia spp
  • Hicksbeachia spp
  • Hohenbergia spp
  • Hohenmea spp
  • Hymenanthera spp
  • Iberis spp
  • Impatiens spp (excluding Impatiens mirabilis)
  • Iresine spp
  • Iris spp (*Iris lacustris - prohibited)
  • Irvingbaileya spp
  • Isopogon spp
  • Jacksonia spp
  • Knautis spp (excluding Knautis integrifolia)
  • Kniphofia spp
  • Lampranthus spp
  • Lavandula spp
  • Lepidosperma spp
  • Leptospermum spp
  • Leucadendron spp
  • Leucospermum spp
  • Licuala spp
  • Liriope spp
  • Lomandra spp
  • Lomatia spp
  • Macrozamia spp
  • Melaleuca spp (excluding Melaleuca quinquenervia)
  • Metrosideros spp
  • Mimetes spp
  • Monstera spp
  • Muehlenbeckia spp
  • Myoporum spp
  • Myrsine spp (excluding Myrsine fosbergii; Myrsine juddii; Myrsine knudsenii;
  • Myrsine linearifolia; Myrsine mezii; Myrsine vaccinioides)
  • Nandina spp
  • Navia spp
  • Neoregelia spp
  • Nepenthes spp
  • Nidularium spp
  • Niduregelia spp
  • Ocimum spp
  • Ophiopogon spp
  • Orchidaceae
  • Origanum spp
  • Orthophytum navioides
  • Oxalis spp
  • Paeonia spp
  • Pandorea spp
  • Paphiopedilum spp
  • Paulownia spp
  • Persoonia spp
  • Petrophile spp
  • Philodendron spp
  • Phlomis spp
  • Phlox glaberrima
  • Phormium spp
  • Pimela spp
  • Pinguicola spp
  • Pittosporum spp (excluding Pittosporum undulatum)
  • Plumeria spp
  • Podophyllum spp
  • Polemonium spp
  • Polyscias spp
  • Pongamia spp
  • Protea spp
  • Quesma spp
  • Quesnelia spp
  • Racinaea spp
  • Randia spp
  • Regelia spp
  • Rehmannia spp
  • Rhagodia spp
  • Rhaphidophora spp
  • Rhaphiolepis spp
  • Rhapis spp
  • Rhodanthemum spp
  • Rhodanthemum hosmariense x gayanum (hybrid)
  • Rhodanthe spp
  • Rhodosphaera rhodanthema
  • Salvia spp
  • Sarracenia spp
  • Scabiosa spp
  • Scaevola spp
  • Schefflera spp
  • Schismatoglottis spp
  • Schoenus spp
  • Scindapsus spp
  • Serruria spp
  • Senecio rowleyanus
  • Sincoraea navioides
  • Sincoregelia spp
  • Stanhopea spp
  • Stenocarpus spp
  • Strelitzia spp
  • Syngonium spp
  • Syzygium spp
  • Tecomanthe spp
  • Telopea spp
  • Tetratheca spp
  • Thymus spp
  • Tillandsia spp
  • Trachelospermum spp
  • Trichocereus spp
  • Tulbaghia spp
  • Urospatha spp
  • Uticularia spp
  • Vallisneria spp
  • Veronicaspp
  • Verticordia spp
  • Viburnum spp
  • Viminaria spp
  • Viola spp
  • Vriesea spp
  • Werauhia spp
  • Westringia spp
  • Xanthorrhoea spp
  • Xanthostemon spp
  • Xylomelum spp
  • Zingiber spp
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.

All consignments must be bare rooted or wrapped in sphagnum moss which should fall off the roots at inspection. 

Note: 
  • Plants growing in sphagnum moss will be refused entry in USA.
  • Consignment is subject to inspection at the port of entry.
A copy of the import permit must be presented to an Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.


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.

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.


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


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.

Explanation of endorsements:
  • Golden cyst nematode (Globodera pallida) is not known to occur in Australia (evidence is not required)
  • Potato cyst nematode - (Globodera rostochiensis) - Present in Australia (evidence is required)
  • Endorsement 2975 - for plants grown on land (soil)
  • Endorsement 2548 - for plants grown in soilless growing media or invitro

Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 2975)
1) The plant was grown on land or in substrate which has been microscopically inspected by the national plant protection organization of the country in which it was grown within 12 months preceding issuance of the certificate and found free from potato cyst nematodes Globodera rostochiensis and Globodera pallida.

Option 2 (EXDOC Endorsement 2548)
1) The plant has been grown within a secure environment in a production area that is free of potato cyst nematodes, in a soilless growing medium or invitro and has never been grown in soil nor come in contact with soil.

Import permit dated 20 November 2024.
Import permit dated 28 October 2025.
Import permit dated 13 October 2025.
Import permit dated 26 February 2025.
Import permit dated 03 June 2024
Import permit dated 23 May 2024
Import permit dated 14 March 2024
Import permit dated 23 February 2024
Import permit date 27 Nov 2023
20/04/2026 - Amended general requirements for explanation of endorsements.
05/03/2026 - Amended general requirements for explanation of endorsements.
20/02/2026 - Amended text for endorsements 2975 and 2548.
14/01/2026 - Additional product added to ICR list.
26/11/2025 - Additional product added to ICR list.
20/10/2025 - Additional product added to ICR list.
09/10/2025 - Additional product added to ICR list.
24/04/2025 - Additional product added to ICR list.
23/10/2024 - Additional product added to ICR list.
29/05/2024 - Additional product added to ICR list.
03/04/2024 - Updated ICR list to include new species.
21/12/2023 - Additional product added to ICR list.
25/08/2023 - Additional product added to ICR list.
22/05/2023 - Updated ICR list to include new genus.
23/11/2022 - Updated ICR list to include new genus.
31/03/2022 - Updated ICR list to include new genus.
28/03/2022 - Updated ICR list to include new species.
17/03/2022 - Updated case based on NPPO notification/email.
21/02/2022 - Updated ICR list to include new species..
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