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Costa RicaProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Plants, live – Costa Rica

Resolution No. 058-2025-CV-ARP-SFE of the State Phytosanitary Service (Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado, SFE), Plant Quarantine Department, Pest Risk Analysis Unit - Establishes the phytosanitary requirements for the importation of unrooted cuttings of Begonia boliviensis for propagation originating from Mexico

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Resolución No 058-2025-CV-ARP-SFE, El Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado, Departamento de Cuarentena Vegetal, Unidad de Análisis de Riesgo de Plagas - Establece los requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de esquejes sin enraizar de Begonia de Bolivia (Begonia boliviensis) para propagación originarios de México (Resolution No. 058-2025-CV-ARP-SFE of the State Phytosanitary Service, Plant Quarantine Department, Pest Risk Analysis Unit, establishing the phytosanitary requirements for the impo

Costa Rica notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 24 November 2025.

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At a glance

Products

Unrooted cuttings and slips of Bolivian begonia (Begonia boliviensis) for propagation

HS codes
  • 06 · Trees and other plants, live; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
    • 060210 Unrooted cuttings and slips
Notifying member
Costa Rica
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 24 November 2025. Check WTO ePing or Costa Rica for its current status.
Objectives
  • Plant protection
  • Protect territory from other damage from pests
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/CRI/343
Keywords
Territory protection, Plant health, Pests

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/CRI/343; it forwards comments to Costa Rica.

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What the notification says

The notified document:1. Repeals Resolution No. 051-2025-CV-ARP-SFE of the State Phytosanitary Service, Plant Quarantine Department, Pest Risk Analysis Unit, establishing the phytosanitary requirements for the importation, for propagation, of unrooted cuttings and slips of Bolivian begonia (Begonia boliviensis) originating in Mexico, issued on 18 September 2025 and notified to the WTO in document G/SPS/N/CRI/327/Add.1;2. Establishes the phytosanitary measures for the importation, for propagation, of unrooted cuttings and slips of Bolivian begonia (Begonia boliviensis) originating in Mexico.

Sources

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