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Permits and Licences Issued:
List of Services:
IMPORTING PROCEDURES Prohibited Goods The imporation of certain goods are prohibited except for research purposes and under special conditions, such as:
The importation of citrus and papaya into the State has been suspended due to the Citrus Greening Disease and the Papaya Ringspot Virus. Good Requiring Import Permit and Phytosanitary Certificate The importation of the following goods require an import permit and phytosanitary certificate:
Procedure for application of Import Permit
All Import Permits are valid for 3 months and is only eligible for 1 import consignment. Goods which does not require Import Permit and Phytosanitary Certificate The importation of the following goods does not require an import permit and a phytosanitary certificate:
These goods need to be declared to Plant Quarantine Officers for inspection purposes to ensure that they are free from pests and diseases. Good which require Phytosanitary Certificate and Treatment Fresh plant products for consumption and medicinal purposes and processed plant products from Khapra beetle countries as in the Ninth Schedule of the Plant Quarantine Regulations 1981 need to be treated and accompanied with a Phytosanitary Certificate. The products and countries as follows: Products:
Countries:
Phytosanitary Certificates are issued by an exporting country based on the requirement of the importing country. EXPORTING PROCEDURES To facilitate trade and to ensure that goods exported are acceptable to the importing country, the following procedures need to be complied with by exporters: Exports need to be accompanied by a valid Phytosanitary Certificate which is valid for one (1) consigmnent only and is valid for a period of 14 days from the issue of the Phytosanitary Certificate Treatment is carried out on the consignment as per conditions stated by the importing country Procedure for Application of Phytosanitary Certificate
Other Requirement to fulfill the State Legislation and International Agreements on Sanitary Measures on Plant Materials
Plant Quarantine Inspection Agricultural goods imported, with or without Permits or Phytosanitary Certificates, are subjected to inspection by Plant Quarantine Officers upon arrival. Besides this, passengers with agricultural goods, arriving from destinations other than domestic destinations in the State are also subjected to inspection. These include passengers from Semenanjung Malaysia and Sabah. Inspection on cargoes are carried out the airline cargo areas or at gazetted entry points at the border immigration / customs checkpoints. Importers of passengers who violate the Plant Quarantine laws will be dealt with accordingly as provided in the legislations. Actions taken include detaining of the consignments for treatment, destroyed or refused entry.
A permit is required to trade in plants of endangered species Trade in these species is permitted with proper documents issued by the government of the exporting country The Department of Forestry Sarawak issues this permit for plants.
1. Import Conditions for Import of Timber, Lumber, Logs, Sawn Timber and Wood Products effective 03 November 2009. Requirements:
2. Implementation of ISPM 15 (Regulation of Wood Packaging Material in International Trade) effective 01 July 2010. Requirements:
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