WTO notification · SPS
United StatesProposed measure, may since have been adopted
Official title
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for the importation of Fresh Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.)) Roots from the Republic of Korea into the United States [Docket No. APHIS-2025-0013]
The United States notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 17 March 2026. The comment period closed on 12 May 2026.
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Fresh sweet potato roots
The comment period closed on 12 May 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/USA/3565; it can take them up with the United States.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with importation of fresh sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.)) roots from the Republic of Korea into the United States for consumption. Currently, fresh sweet potato roots are authorized into Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Based on the analysis, we have determined that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh sweet potato roots from the Republic of Korea into the rest of the United States. We are making the pest risk analysis available to the public for review and comment. (Federal Register, Vol. 91, No. 49, Friday, 13 March 2026, pp 12339-12340.)
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