Global Botanical Export
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Select your country to review statutory import frameworks, customs inspection station guidelines, estimated transit ranges, and required biosecurity documentation. Always verify item-specific entry rules and carrier availability with your local authority prior to placing an order.
Comparing markets at a glance? Theplant import permit comparisonsets the permit, notification and certificate requirement for all twelve destinations in one table.
United States
USDA APHISUnder 13 plants: Personal permit exemption may apply for admissible species. 13+ plants: USDA PPQ 587 permit + Green & Yellow shipping labels required.
European Union
EU TRACES-NT / National NPPOsMandatory Phytosanitary Certificate for all quantities + electronic CHED-PP pre-notification via TRACES-NT by EU importer.
Switzerland
BLW / EPSDNo advance phytosanitary import permit for bare-root planting stock, but the importer must be registered with the plant health service and lodge the CHED-PP notification at least 24 hours before import (SR 916.201 Art. 10).
United Kingdom
DEFRA / APHANo advance plant health permit, but the importer must register as a professional operator and pre-notify in IPAFFS at least 4 working hours before landing. Plants for planting are High Risk and get 100% checks.
Canada
CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)A CFIA Permit to Import is required for every plant for planting from outside the continental US, with no exemption for Indonesia. Inspection happens at the importer's premises under a Notice to Importer, not at the airport.
Japan
MAFF Plant Protection StationJapan operates no plant-quarantine import permit at all: an original phytosanitary certificate and an import inspection are required at any quantity, at one of 33 designated cargo airports.
South Korea
APQA (Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency)No advance permit for non-prohibited plants, but every consignment must be declared and inspected at the port of first arrival: the inland-depot option expressly excludes plants for planting. Soil is prohibited outright.
Norway
Mattilsynet (Norwegian Food Safety Authority)No advance import permit for non-prohibited stock, but the importer must be registered and every consignment notified in DigiPlant β Norway's own system, not CHED-PP. The notification must reach Mattilsynet before the goods cross the border.
United Arab Emirates
MOCCAE (Ministry of Climate Change and Environment)A phytosanitary import permit covering the species must be issued before dispatch, and the importer must hold a trade licence with an agricultural activity code. Soil is permit-gated rather than absolutely banned, and regulated material is detained at the point of entry pending Ministry approval.
Australia
DAFF (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)An import permit under the Biosecurity Act is required before dispatch, and bare-root nursery stock cannot be released straight to the buyer's nursery: it must enter post-entry quarantine in a DAFF-approved facility first.
New Zealand
MPI (Ministry for Primary Industries)Every species must be checked in the Plants Biosecurity Index and an import permit obtained before dispatch. Nursery stock then sits in post-entry quarantine in a registered transitional facility, minimum three months, before it is released.
Saudi Arabia
MEWA (Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture)A plant quarantine import permit for seeds and seedlings is obtained through the Ministry's Naama portal before dispatch, and the importer must hold a Saudi commercial registration with an agricultural activity. Natural soil is prohibited outright.
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