'List of the plants subject to import prohibition' and 'List of the plants subject to growing site inspection in exporting countries (regions)'
When you carry plants or plant products in your baggage or hand luggage, you are requested to declare to the plant quarantine counter in the custums clearance area of the port of entry into Japan.
List of the plants subject to import prohibition
The plants in the columns of 'Prohibited Plants' are prohibited entry into Japan because they are hosts of the pest shown in the columns of 'Quarantine Pests'.
In addition, articles such as quarantine pests, parasitic plants, soil or plants attached with soil are prohibited entry into Japan.

Last updatedOctober 31,2001

Districts

Prohibited Plants

Quarantine Pests

1.
Israel, Cyprus, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Albania, Italy, Austria, Netherlands, Greece, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Hungary, France, Belgium, Portugal, Malta, United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland, hereinafter referred to as "United Kingdom"), Former Yugoslavia, Africa, El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Bermuda, West Indies (excluding Cuba), Australia (excluding Tasmania), Hawaiian Islands

Fresh fruits of akee, avocado, star berry, allspice, olive, cashew nut, kiwi fruit, Thevetia peruviana, carambola, pomegranate, jaboticaba, broad bean, alexandrian laurel, date palm, Muntingia calabura, feijoa, pawpaw, mammee apple, longan, litchi, and plants of the genera Ficus, Phaseolus, Diospyros, Carissa, Juglans, Morus, Coccoloba, Coffea, Ribes, Passiflora, Dovyalis, Ziziphus, Spondias, Musa(excluding immature banana), Carica, Psidium, Artocarpus, Annona, Malpighia, Santalum, Garcinia, Vitis, Syzygium, Mangifera, Ilex, Terminalia and Gossypium, and Plants of the family Sapotaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Cactaceae, Solanaceae, Rosaceae and Rutaceae.

Mediterranean fruit fly
(Ceratitis capitata )

2.
India, Indonesia, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan, China (excluding Hong Kong, hereinafter referred to as "China"), Pakistan, Bangladesh, East Timor, Philippines, Brunei, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Hawaiian Islands, Micronesia

Fresh fruits of a citrus, barbados cherry, avocado, apricot, fig, Baccaurea sapida, strawberry, olive, indian laurel, Arenga englei, carambola, pomegranate, santol, plum, tahiti chestnut, alexandrian laurel, tomato, pear, date palm, papaya, loquat, betel nut, grape, peach, Terminalia catappa, Myrica rubra, rambutan, longan, apple, litchi, wampi, and plants of the genera Bouea, Diospyros, Coffea, Capsicum, Passiflora, Solanum, Zizyphus, Spondias, Psidium, Artocarpus, Annona, Hylocereus, Garcinia, Eugenia, Mangifera and Lansium, and plants of the family Sapotaceae, and mature banana.

Bactrocera dorsalis species complex

3.
Easter Island, Australia (excluding Tasmania), Society Islands, Tubuai Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea

Fresh fruits of a citrus, avocado, apricot, fig, olive, kiwi fruit, carambola, cherry, pomegranate, red pepper(capsicum), white sapote, plum, tomato, pear, date palm, papaya, guava, loquat, grape, quince, peach, apple, and plants of the genera Diospyros, Rubus, Morus, Coffea, Passiflora, Zizyphus, Annona, Eugenia and Mangifera and mature banana.

Queensland fruit fly
(Bactrocera tryoni )

4.
India, Indonesia, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, East Timor, Philippines, Brunei, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, Kenya, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, Hawaiian Islands, Micronesia

Live vines, leaves and fresh fruits of plants of the family Cucurbitaceae, and fresh fruits of kidney bean, pigeon pea, cowpea, red pepper(capsicum), tomato, eggplant, papaya, and plants of the genera Hylocereus and Mangifera.

Melon fly
(Bactrocera cucurbitae )

5.
Afghanistan, Israel, Iraq, Iran, India, Cyprus, Jordan, Syria, China, Turkey, Pakistan, Myanmar, Lebanon, Europe, Former Soviet Union, Africa, United States of America (excluding Hawaiian Islands, hereinafter referred to as "United States of America"), Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Australia, New Zealand

Fresh fruits of apricot, cherry, plum, pear, quince, peach, and apple. Fresh fruits and nuts in shell of walnut.

Codling moth
(Cydia pomonella )

6.
India, Indonesia, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan, China, Bangladesh, East Timor, Philippines, Brunei, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, Africa, North America (excluding Canada but including West Indies), South America, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Hawaiian Islands, Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia

Live vines, leaves, tuberous roots, and other underground portions of plants of the genera Ipomoea, Pharbitis, and Calystegia.
Live tuberous roots and other underground portions of cassava.

Sweet potato weevil
(Cylas formicarius )

7.
China, North America (excluding Canada but including West Indies), South America, New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia

Live vines, leaves, tuberous roots and other underground portions of plants of the genera Ipomoea, Pharbitis, and Calystegia.

West Indian sweet potato weevil
(Euscepes postfasciatus )

8.
India, Europe (excluding Albania and Greece), Former Soviet Union, Republic of South Africa, United States of America, Canada, Uruguay, Ecuador, Chile, Falkland Islands, Peru, Bolivia

Live haulms, leaves, tubers, and other underground portions of plants of the family Solanaceae.

Potato wart
(Synchytrium endobioticum )

9.
Turkey, Italy, Austria, Netherlands, Greece, Switzerland, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, France, Belgium, Portugal, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Former Czechoslovakia, Former Yugoslavia, United States of America, Canada, Mexico

Live haulms and leaves of cabbage, and plants of the genera Cirsiumand Verbascum, and plants of the family Solanaceae.

Colorado potato beetle
(Leptinotarsa decemlineata )

10.
Israel, India, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Austria, Netherlands, Greece, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Finland, France, Belgium, Poland, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Former Soviet Union, Algeria, North America (excluding West Indies), Argentina, Peru, Bolivia

Live tubers and other underground portions of plants of the genus Chenopodium, and plants of the family Solanaceae.

Potato cyst nematode
(Globodera rostochiensis )

11.
India, Iceland, Italy, Austria, Netherlands, Greece, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Norway, France, United Kingdom, Former Soviet Union, Canada, Panama, Peru, Bolivia

Live tubers and other underground portions of plants of the family Solanaceae.

White potato cyst nematode
(Globodera pallida )

12.
Israel, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Europe (excluding Netherlands), Former Soviet Union, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, United States of America, Canada, Cuba, Guatemala, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Australia (excluding Tasmania)

Live haulms, leaves, and fresh fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae.

Blue mold
(Peronospora tabacina )

13.
United States of America, Hawaiian Islands

Underground portions of live plants of avocado, alfalfa, kidney bean, Indigofera hirsuta, okra, pepper, sweet potato, sugarcane, watermelon, radish, soybean, loblolly pine, red pepper(capsicum), corn, tomato, balsam pear, pineapple, Pinus elliotii, summer squash, melon, peanut (excluding seeds without pod), leek and litchi, and plants of the genera Anthurium, Musa and Beta, and plants of the family Rutaceae.

Citrus burrowing nematode
(Radopholus citrophilus )

14.
Iran, Turkey, Europe, Former Soviet Union, North America (excluding West Indies), New Zealand

Culms and leaves of plants of the genera Hordeum, Triticum, and Secale(including straw packing materials and straw goods similar thereof ), and culms and leaves of plants of the genus Agropyron.

Hessian fly
(Mayetiola destructor )

15.
Foreign countries excluding North Korea, Korea and Taiwan

Rice plants , rice straw (including rice straw bags, mats, and other rice straw goods similar thereof ), unhulled rice and rice hull.

Rice stem nematode
(Ditylenchus angustus ), Trichoconis caudata, Balansia oryzae, and other quarantine pests not existing in Japan.

16.
Israel, Iran, Cyprus, Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon, Ireland, Italy, Austria, Netherlands, Greece, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Hungary, France, Bulgaria, Belgium, Poland, Luxembourg, Romania, United Kingdom, Former Czechoslovakia, Former Yugoslavia, Egypt, United States of America, Canada, Guatemala, Bermuda Islands, Mexico, New Zealand

Live plants and plant parts (including fruit, flower and pollen, other than seed) of Pseudocydonia sinensis , medler, loquat, quince, and plants of the genera Aronia, Photinia, Crataegomespilus, Amelanchier, Crataegus, Cotoneaster, Raphiolepis, Stranvaesia, Osteomeles, Dichotomanthes, Pyracantha, Docynia, Pyrus, Sorbus, Heteromeles, Peraphyllum, Choenomeles, and Malus.

Fire blight
(Erwinia amylovora )

Notice:These English annexed tables are a unauthorized translation of Plant Quarantine Regulations.
Copying or reproduction is limited only for private use.

List of the plants subject to growing site inspection in exporting countries (regions)
The plants in 'Plants' column are required to have phytosanitary inspection in the field in exporting countries during the growing period for freedom of the pest given in 'Quarantine pests' column.

Last updated August 4,1997

Districts

Plants

Quarantine Pests

1.
Israel, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Korea, Turkey, Pakistan, Ireland, Italy, Austria, Netherlands, Greece, Switzerland, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Bulgaria, Belgium, Poland, Romania, United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland, hereinafter referred to as "United Kingdom"), Former Soviet Union, Former Czechoslovakia, Former Yugoslavia, Canary Islands, Gambia, Senegal, Republic of South Africa, United States of America (excluding Hawaiian Islands, hereinafter referred to as "United States of America"), Canada, Mexico, Chile, Australia

Underground portions of the live plant of garden rhubarb, and plants of the genera Brassica and Beta being capable of planting for cultivation.

Sugar beet nematode
(Heterodera schachtii )

2.
India, Netherlands, Finland, United Kingdom, Former Soviet Union, United States of America , Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Bolivia

Underground portions of the live plant of Opuntia tortispina , Opuntia fragilis, tomato, potato and Mammillaria vivipara, and plants of the genus Beta being capable of planting for cultivation.

False root-knot nematode
(Nacobbus aberrans )

3.
India, Indonesia, Oman, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Pakistan, Philippines, Malaysia, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, France, Belgium, United Kingdom, Uganda, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gabon, Cameroon, Guinea, Kenya, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Senegal, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Somalia, Tanzania, Nigeria, Madagascar, Malawi, Republic of South Africa, Mozambique, Reunion, United States of America, El Salvador, Canada, Cuba, Guatemala, Guadeloupe Island, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Saint Vincent, Saint Lucia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Belize, Martinique Island, Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Suriname, Brazil, Peru, Australia, Tonga, Western Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Hawaiian Islands, Fiji

Underground portions of the live plant of avocado, turmeric, okra, cockscomb, coconut, Colocasia esculentum, sugarcane, ginger, Canna edulis, greater yam, tea, corn, potato, betel palm, peanut (excluding seeds without pod), and plants of the genera Anthurium, Calathea, Maranta, Coffea, Piper, Musa, Philodendron and Beta being capable of planting for cultivation.

Banana burrowing nematode
(Radopholus similis )

4.
India, Taiwan, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, France, Belgium, Poland, Romania, United Kingdom, Former Soviet Union, Former Czechoslovakia, Morocco, United States of America, Canada, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands

Pea seeds intended for planting.

Near-wilt of pea
(Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. pisi )

5.
Turkey, Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria, Belgium, Romania, Former Soviet Union, Former Yugoslavia, Tunisia, United States of America, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Australia

Kidney bean seeds intended for planting.

Bacterial wilt of beans
(Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens )

6.
United States of America, Guam

Watermelon seeds intended for planting.

Bacterial fruit blotch
(Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli )

7.
Viet Nam, Thailand, China (excluding Hong Kong, hereinafter referred to as "China"), Malaysia, Italy, Poland, Romania, United States of America, Canada, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Guyana, Brazil, Peru

Corn seeds intended for planting.

Stewart's bacterial wilt
(Erwinia stewartii )

8.
United States of America

Corn seeds intended for planting.

Goss's bacterial wilt and blight
(Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis )

9.
Syria, China, Lebanon, Italy, Austria, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom, Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia, Morocco, Australia

Broad bean seeds intended for planting.

Broad bean stain virus and
Broad bean true mosaic virus

Notice:These English annexed tables are a unauthorized translation of Plant Quarantine Regulations.
Copying or reproduction is limited only for private use.
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