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NicaraguaProposed measure, open for comments

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

Resolution No. 242-2026-IPSA, Establishment of Phytosanitary Requirements for the Importation of fresh pomegranate fruit (Punica granatum), originating in the United States of America

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Resolución 242-2026-IPSA, Establecimiento de Requisitos Fitosanitarios para la Importación de fruto fresco granada (Punica granatum), origen Estados Unidos de América (Resolution No. 242-2026-IPSA establishing phytosanitary requirements for the importation of fresh pomegranates (Punica granatum) originating in the United States of America)

Nicaragua notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 14 September 2026. Comments are open until 13 November 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Fresh pomegranates (Punica granatum)

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
Nicaragua
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • 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/NIC/370
Keywords
Pests, Plant health, Territory protection

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 13 November 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO SPS enquiry point before 13 November 2026, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/NIC/370 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Nicaragua.

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What the notification says

The notified document establishes the phytosanitary requirements for the importation of fresh pomegranates originating in the United States of America.1. The shipment must be accompanied by an official phytosanitary certificate indicating under 'Additional declaration' that the plant product comes from a production site officially inspected by the national plant protection organization (NPPO) of the country of origin, during the period of active growth, harvesting, and packaging, and has been found free of: Platynota stultana, Ectomyelois ceratoniae, Brevipalpus lewisi, Cydia latiferreana, Siphoninus phillyreae, Neopestalotiopsis rosae;2. The shipment will be subject to a phytosanitary inspection and sampling for phytosanitary diagnosis at the agricultural quarantine post upon entry into the country.Shipments will be subject to phytosanitary checks by plant quarantine inspectors from the Institute for Agricultural and Livestock Protection and Health, who will verify compliance with the phytosanitary requirements and decide whether or not to authorize importation, on the basis of the accompanying documents.

Sources

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