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Fruit, fresh; n.e.c. in chapter 08 – Costa Rica

Draft Resolution No. 0018-2026-CV-ARP-SFE - The State Phytosanitary Service (Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado, SFE), Plant Quarantine Department, Pest Risk Analysis Unit - Establishes the phytosanitary requirements for the importation of fresh pomegranate (Punica granatum) fruits for consumption originating from India

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Proyecto de Resolución No 0018-2026-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 frutas de granada (Punica granatum) para consumo fresco originarias de India (Resolution No. 0018-2026-CV-ARP-SFE of the State Phytosanitary Service, Plant Quarantine Department, Pest Risk Analysis Unit, establishing phytosanitary requirements for the importation, for cons

Costa Rica notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 7 September 2026. The comment period closed on 6 November 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Fresh pomegranates (Punica granatum) for consumption

HS codes
  • 08 · Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melons
    • 081090 Fresh tamarinds, cashew apples, jackfruit, lychees, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola, pitahaya and other edible fruit (excl. nuts, bananas, dates…
Notifying member
Costa Rica
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
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/364
Keywords
Pests, Plant health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 6 November 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
The resolution will enter into force upon signature.

How to comment

The comment period closed on 6 November 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/CRI/364; it can take them up with Costa Rica.

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What the notification says

The notified draft Resolution establishes the phytosanitary measures for the importation, for consumption, of fresh pomegranates (Punica granatum) originating in India.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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