Plant Quarantine – Kiwi from Greece Import Permitted with 6 Additional Declarations in Phyto Certificate

[Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Notification No. S.O. 2192(E) dated 30 April, 2026]

S.O. 2192(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914 (2 of 1914), the Central Government hereby makes the following Order further to amend the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003, namely:-

Short title and Commencement.- (1) This Order may be called the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Fourth Amendment) Order, 2026.

(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of Schedule VI.- The existing entries in column (6) against serial number 7 relating to ‘Fruits for consumption’ of ‘Actinidia chinensis and A. deliciosa (Kiwi)’ from ‘Greece’ will be replaced with the following entries namely:-

Country of Origin	Additional declarations required to be incorporated into Phytosanitary Certificate	Special conditions of import
(4)	(5)	(6)
(vii) Greece	Free from: a) Aspidiotus nerii (aucuba scale) b) Botryosphaeria dothidea (canker of almond) c) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) d) Lobesia botrana (grape berry moth) e) Phytophthora cryptogea (tomato foot rot) f) Pseudomonas viridiflava (bacterial leaf blight of tomato (USA))	Pre-shipment/ in-transit cold treatment at 0^0C or below for 13 days or above; 0.55^0C or below for 14 days or above; 1.1^0C or below for 18 days or above plus in transit refrigeration (or) Methyl bromide fumigation @ 32 g/m^3 for 3 ½ hrs at 21^0C or above or equivalent thereof. The treatment should be endorsed on Phytosanitary certificate issued at the country of origin/re-export

[F. No. 18-13/2007-PP.I]