CHL/547
WTO/SPS
CL Chile
  • 65 - Agriculture
  • 67 - Food technology
2017-09-09
2017-07-18
Walnuts (Juglans regia)

Establece requisitos fitosanitarios de importación para frutos secos con cáscara para consumo de nueces (Juglans regia), procedentes de India (Phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Chile of in-shell walnuts (Juglans regia) from India)

1.  The notified text establishes phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Chile of in-shell walnuts (Juglans regia) from India.

2.  To enter the country, shipments must be covered by an official phytosanitary certificate issued by the phytosanitary authority of the country of origin. This document must declare that:

2.1  The shipment has been fumigated with phosphine at normal atmospheric pressure, in the manner specified in point 3 of the notified text, with a view to controlling Alcidodes porrectirostris (Marshall) (Synonym: Neomecyslobus porrectirostris) (Col.: Curculionidae); and that

2.2  The shipment has been treated to control Trogoderma granarium (Col.: Dermestidae) .

3.  The following phosphine fumigation treatment will be accepted to ensure the control of Trogoderma granarium (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) and Alcidodes porrectirostris (Marshall) (Synonym: Neomecyslobus porrectirostris) (Col.: Curculionidae) and must be specified in Section III of the phytosanitary certificate, together with the product, dose, exposure time, temperature and date of treatment.

PRODUCT: PHOSPHINE (normal atmospheric pressure)

 DOSE  EXPOSURE TIME  MINIMUM PRODUCT TEMPERATURE

(g PH3/m3)  (days)  (°C)

 9  5  >21°C

The fumigation treatment must be supervised by an inspector from the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) and carried out by the NPPO or an entity that has been certified and registered by the DAC&FW.

 

Shipments must be treated no more than a month before they are exported.

4.  Once fumigated, shipments must be kept protected while in storage and while being dispatched and transported to Chile.

5.  Shipments must be free of soil and other plant remains.

6.  Packaging must be new (repackaging is not permitted), closed, resistant to handling, and labelled or marked in accordance with the Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG) regulations currently in force.

7.  The wood used for packaging, pallets and packing materials must comply with quarantine regulations when entering the country.

8.  The packaging materials used must allow for potential quarantine treatments to be carried out at points of entry.

9.  SAG officials at the authorized port of entry will inspect shipments upon their arrival in Chile, verify their compliance with the relevant phytosanitary requirements, and decide, on the basis of the accompanying documentation, whether their entry should be authorized or whether appropriate measures should be adopted in accordance with existing legislation.