Obtaining Transit recommendation for Plants and Plant Products from the Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation.

Plant Protection Division, Department of Agriculture,
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
Procedure for Obtaining Transit recommendation for Plants and Plant Products

Step 1
Exporter in Transit must comply with the inspection guidelines from the Plant Protection Division, Plant Quarantine Head Office, and Border checked points under the Department of Agriculture. The exporter must provide the original Phytosanitary Certificate from the exporting country.
Step 2
Plant Protection Division (PPD) conducts the inspection and check the original documents of the Phytosanitary Certificate from the exporting country. If live pest or the package are not in the original packaging form or any damage to the packaging are found, the exporter in Transit needs to apply the Fumigation Certificate and Phytosanitary Certificate at the Plant Protection Division under the Department of Agriculture. If no pest is in the package, the process ends here.
Step 3
For the exporter in transit who needs to apply the Phytosanitary Certificate, shall obtain, complete and submit the Phytosanitary application form to the Plant Protection Division under the Department of Agriculture. The exporter in transit who apply for the Phytosanitary certificate must know the requirement of the final destination importing country. The exporter in transit must provide-

1.   Sample commodities (100 MT – 1 Kilogram) for visual inspection,
2.   If needed the original document of fumigation certificate issued by Fumigation Company which has been licensed by the Pesticide Registration Board.
3.     The company who use the agent to apply for the PC must be provided with an authorization letter in company letter head.
4.    Two representatives are allowed to represent one company and must be registered at the PPD to apply the PC.
Step 4
Plant Protection Division (PPD) accepts the application, reviews for completeness and correction of the submitted application. PPD will register, assign unique number, stamp in number on application form and place those application in the document folder. In addition, the PPD conducts visual inspections and sends sample product to the laboratory for pest analysis. Based on the requirement from the final destination importing country, the inspection team form the PPD, Plant Quarantine Head Office, Border check points will conduct visual inspection and the lab test if needed.
Step 5
PPD provides the lab test result after the testing. If live pest is found in sample, the application will be rejected and the PPD informs the exporter with reason. If pest free test, PPD issues the Phytosanitary Certificate.
Step 6
The exporter in transit shall collect the Phytosanitary Certificate and the process of applying Phytosanitary certificate is end here. The application process shall take (3) working days from the time of submission. According to the requirements of the country to be imported, it takes 5 days in total for Arthropod identification including 2 days of testing duration and 3 days for preparation of issuing PC. For disease analysis, it takes 10 days in total, including 7 days of testing duration and 3 days for preparation of issuing PC (excluding government holiday). Fees per application is 30000 Ks.
Note: The applicant can apply the Phytosanitary Certificate (PC) at the plant quarantine head office and border check points.