IMPORTING PROCEDURES
Prohibited Goods
The importation of certain goods is prohibited except for research purposes and under special conditions, such as:
Minerals and mineral products are goods requiring import permit only. The following are listed as these goods:
The importation of the following goods requires an import permit and phytosanitary certificate:
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 listed:
Products:
Procedure for application of Import Permit
Department of Agriculture Sarawak,
Jalan Kumpang,
Off Jalan Ong Tiang Swee,
93200 Kuching
Tel: 082-255845 / 082-414712 / 082-413/63
Email: doabiosecurity@sarawak.gov.my
Goods Does Not Require Import Permit and Phytosanitary Certificate
The importation of the following goods does not require an import permit and a phytosanitary certificate:
The importation of certain goods is prohibited except for research purposes and under special conditions, such as:
- Pests
- Soil
- Species of Hevea
- Plants form American Tropics and Central Africa
- All plants under the Third Schedule of the Plant Quarantine Regulations 1981
Minerals and mineral products are goods requiring import permit only. The following are listed as these goods:
- Sand
- Quartz
- Bentonite
- Stone
- Clay
- Kieserite
- Dolomite
- Magnesium Oxide or Sulphate
- Gypsum or Calcium Sulphate
The importation of the following goods requires an import permit and phytosanitary certificate:
- Plants including seeds and planting materials
- Beneficial organisms for agriculture
- Herbarium, cut flowers, dried flowers
- Organic fertiliser, growing media, rooting media and certain category of soil
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 listed:
Products:
- Legumes - grain and flour
- Cashew nuts
- Groundnuts - nuts and meal
- Corn - grain, flour and dried cobs
- Rice - milled and bran
- Cereals - grain and bran
- Wheat - grain and bran
- Spices
- Tapioca - pellets and flour
- Millet - grain
- Gunny sacks
- Bangladesh
- India
- Pakistan
- Sudan
- Turkey
- The Philippines
- Myanmar
- Morocco
- Sri Lanka
Procedure for application of Import Permit
- Commercial Traders can directly apply online through ePermit
- How to Apply Import Permit
- Quick Infor
- Individuals may apply through agents list of Agents, or apply directly from:
Department of Agriculture Sarawak,
Jalan Kumpang,
Off Jalan Ong Tiang Swee,
93200 Kuching
Tel: 082-255845 / 082-414712 / 082-413/63
Email: doabiosecurity@sarawak.gov.my
- Application must be accompanied by the following:
- Payment of RM15.00 for each permit applied
- An indication of location of nursery to enable Plant Quarantine Inspectors to carry out post-entry quarantine inspection
Goods Does Not Require Import Permit and Phytosanitary Certificate
The importation of the following goods does not require an import permit and a phytosanitary certificate:
- Fresh plant product for consumption (exclude durian, banana, citrus, coconut, chilli); and medicinal purposes
- Processed plant product
