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AustraliaUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

Citrus fruit; fresh or dried – Australia

Official title

Pomelo fruit from Viet Nam: Biosecurity import requirements final report

Australia issued an addendum on 10 April 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/AUS/614. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 30 April 2025.

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At a glance

Products

Fresh pomelo fruit

HS codes
  • 08 · Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melons
    • 080540 Fresh or dried grapefruit and pomelos
Notifying member
Australia
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Plant protection
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/AUS/614Latest notice: G/SPS/N/AUS/614/Add.1
Keywords
Plant health, Plant diseases, Change in date of adoption/publication/entry into force

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
Anticipated mid-2025.
Proposed entry into force
Anticipated mid-2025.

What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/SPS/N/AUS/614/Add.1⁩, 10 April 2026)

Pomelo fruit from Viet Nam: Biosecurity import requirements final report

Import conditions for Viet Nam pomelos published on BICON Import conditions to import fresh pomelo fruit from Viet Nam, for human consumption, are now published on Australia’s Biosecurity Import Conditions database (BICON). To achieve the appropriate level of protection for Australia, fresh pomelos from Viet Nam must: be produced under a systems approach at approved and registered orchards and packing houses to manage Asian citrus psyllid and citrus canker, and; undergo pre-export irradiation treatment at an approved facility to manage quarantine fruit flies, mealybugs, scale insects and false spider mite.

Import risk analysis of fresh pomelo fruit from Viet Nam.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/SPS/N/AUS/614/Add.1

    Pomelo fruit from Viet Nam: Biosecurity import requirements final report

    Import conditions for Viet Nam pomelos published on BICON Import conditions to import fresh pomelo fruit from Viet Nam, for human consumption, are now published on Australia’s Biosecurity Import Conditions database (BICON). To achieve the appropriate level of protection for Australia, fresh pomelos from Viet Nam must: be produced under a systems approach at approved and registered orchards and packing houses to manage Asian citrus psyllid and citrus canker, and; undergo pre-export irradiation treatment at an approved facility to manage quarantine fruit flies, mealybugs, scale insects and false spider mite.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (opens in a new tab)

  2. Regular notificationG/SPS/N/AUS/614

    Pomelo fruit from Viet Nam: Biosecurity import requirements final report

    Import risk analysis of fresh pomelo fruit from Viet Nam.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (opens in a new tab)

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