Seed import requirements

Corn, maize and sweetcorn **
Zea mays

Seed for planting

Boil smut Ustilaggo maydis

Condition 19

    1. To be certified by the Department of Primary Industry in the state or territory of origin that:

a.    the seed is from state or territory, or an area within a state/or territory, which is free from boil smut; or

b.    the seed has been treated with:

                                          i.    2-(thiocyano-methyl-thio) benzothiazole (TCMTB) at the rate of 32 mL/100 kg of seed; or

                                        ii.    Vitavax 200FF® at the rate of 500 mL/100 kg of seed.

Cotton **
Gossypium spp.

Seed for sowing

Verticillium wilts
Verticillium dahliae and V. alboatrum

Condition 37

1.    Be imported as authorised by, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of an import permit issued under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007.

2.    Must be acid delinted to the satisfaction of an inspector appointed under the Act.

3.    Cotton Boll for processing – contact QWA seed officer (C100 also applies).

4.    Cotton Seed for Stock Feed – contact QWA seed officer.

Lucerne **
Medicago sativa

Seed for planting
(excludes seeds for which the end use is sprouting)

Bacterial wilt
Clavibacter michiganense ssp. insidiosum

Condition 20

1.    To be imported into WA, each consignment of lucerne seed for planting must either be:

a.    grown and packed in a state or territory that is free from bacterial will of lucerne as evidenced by an Area Freedom Certificate approved by the Chief Plant Biosecurity Officer of WA; or

b.    accompanied by an Interstate Plant Health Certificate issued by the biosecurity authority in exporting state or territory or a certificate under an interstate certificate assurance arrangement approved by the Chief Plant Biosecurity Officer certifying that the lucerne seed has been tested by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and found free from bacterial wilt of lucerne.

Mango **
Mangifera indica

Seed

Mango seed weevil
Sternochaetus mangiferae

Condition 12

    1. To be certified as:

a.      grown in a state, territory, or country where mango seed weevil is not known to occur; or

b.      complying with an import protocol approved by the department.

Myrtaceae family

For example Eucalyptus, Callistemon, Leptospermum

Seed for planting

Myrtle rust

Condition C78

1.  Each consignment to be accompanied by an Interstate Plant Health Certificate issued by the quarantine authority in the exporting state or territory, or under a quality assurance arrangement approved by the Chief Plant Biosecurity Officer WA certifying that the following requirement has been met: 

Seed has been treated as follows:

a.   with a seed fungicide that contains 4 g/L cypermethrin and 150 g/L triadimenol as its active constituents: or

b.   with a seed fungicide that contains 12.5 g/L fludioxonil, 37.5 g/L metalaxyl-M and 75 g/L azoxystrobin as its only active constituents; or

c.   by surface sterilisation by immersion in 1% sodium hypochlorite solution (1% available chlorine) for 10 minutes, then rinsed, dried and held in secure conditions that prevent myrtle rust contamination.

Palm **
Arecaceae - all genera

Seed

Fruit flies

Palm seed with a fleshy pericarp may be subject to fruit fly requirements.

Sorghum **
Sorghum spp.

Seed

Sorghum midge
Contarina sorghicola

General diseases:

Rust Puccinia purpurea

Smut Sporisorium reilianum

Condition 23 (sorghum midge)

1.    To be certified that the seed has been fumigated with:

a.         phosphine in a sealed enclosure at 1.5 g/m³:

i.          for seven days at above 25°C; or

ii.         for 10 days at 15°C to 25°C; or

b.         certified as fumigated with methyl bromide for 2 hours in a sealed enclosure at one of the following rates;

i.          32 g/m3 of methyl bromide at 21 to 31.9°C of seed flesh temperature; or

ii.         40 g/m3 of methyl bromide at 16 to 20.9°C of seed flesh temperature; or

iii.        48 g/m3 of methyl bromide at 11 to 15.9°C of seed flesh temperature; or

iv.        56g/m3 of methyl bromide at 10 to 10.9°C of seed flesh temperature; or

v.         irradiated at minimum dose of KGy 25.0 and accompanied by a pre-shipment certificate of irradiation to this effect.

2.    Seed to contain less than 1% by weight of chaff consisting of pieces of vegetative parts of plants other than seed or seed fragments.   

Condition 23A (general diseases)

1.    Sorghum seed for sowing to be certified by an officer from the exporting state, territory, or country’s quarantine authority as:

a.    dipped in 2% available chlorine for 5 minutes; or

b.    dusted with Thiram 80% at the rate of 200 g/100 kg of seed; or

c.    water slurry with Thiram (80%) at the rate of 200 g/100 kg of seed; or

d.    water slurry with Thiram (60%) at the rate of 270 mL/100 kg of seed.

Rice**
Oryza sp.

Unmilled

Warehouse beetle – Trogoderma variabile

Condition 22 - not Northern Territory or Tasmania

1. To be certified that:

a.    the rice was produced and packed in an area that is free from the pest warehouse beetle; or

b.    the rice and associated bulk containers including pallets, crates and bins have, within 5 days prior to dispatch, been fumigated with methyl bromide at the rate of 48 g/m3 at 20°C for 24 hours, and any associated railway wagons have been treated within 3 days prior to loading with either Reldan, Alfacron or Actellic at a rate of 1 g active ingredient per square metre.

2.  This condition does not apply to milled rice.

Soybean** Glycine max

Seed for planting

Black leaf blight – Arkoola nigra

Stem rot – Phytophthora megasperma f.sp. glycines

Condition 25

1. To be certified as grown in an area where black leaf blight has not been recorded; and

a.    treated with 35% metalaxyl at the rate of 300g/100kg of seed. Or

b.    treated with 35% metalaxyl-m at the rate of 150 g/100kg of seed.”

Sugar cane** (Saccharum officinarum)

Seed

Ratoon stunting virus; Sugar cane Fiji disease

Condition 15

Sugar cane plants or parts of plants (including seed) are prohibited from entering WA from other parts of Australia without the prior approval of the Director General of the department.

For Post Entry Requirements (if approved) see C25.

Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum L and hybrids

Chilli, Capsicum

Capsicum spp.

Hosts of Tobamovirus furctirugosum

Seed

Tobamovirus fructirugosum

(ToBRFV)

Condition C106

Seed of tomato, capsicum and chilli

To be imported into Western Australia, one of the following alternatives must be satisfied:

1.    Seed has been produced and packed in a state or territory where ToBRFV is not known to occur,

or

2.    Each consignment must be accompanied by an Interstate Plant Health Certificate issued by the quarantine authority in the exporting state or territory or a certificate issued under a quality assurance arrangement approved by the Chief Plant Biosecurity Officer WA certifying that the following requirement has been met:

Seed has been tested by an approved testing method and found free from ToBRFV.

or

3.    For seed that has originated from overseas, each consignment to be:

a.      in original packaging that states the country of origin; and

b.      accompanied by a copy of the import clearance issued by the Australian Government.

or

4.    For seed originating from overseas, each consignment to be:

a.     accompanied by an Interstate Plant Health Certificate issued by the quarantine authority in the exporting state or territory or under a quality assurance arrangement approved by the Chief Plant Biosecurity Officer WA certifying that:

b.     the consignment has been re-consigned, or as a repacked or split consignment, under secure conditions.

and

c.      accompanied by a copy of the import clearance issued by the Australian Government.

Walnuts ** Juglans spp.

In the shell

Codling moth – Cydia pomonella

Condition 61

2.1 Each consignment to be accompanied by an Interstate Plant Health Certificate issued by the quarantine authority in the exporting state or territory or under a quality assurance arrangement approved by the Chief Plant Biosecurity Officer WA, stating the following:

Fumigated with methyl bromide for 24 hours at one of the following rates.

Note: Methyl bromide fumigation to be in accordance with Australian Government fumigation standards - the Australian Fumigation Accreditation Scheme (AFAS) Methyl Bromide Fumigation Standard.

or

2.2  Treated with Irradiation at Dmin 400 Gy - Dmax 1000 Gy where permitted for use in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 1.5.3. 

or 

2.3  Imported as authorised by, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of, an import permit issued under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007.