Partial Review of Malus import requirements of importation of nursery stock Import Health Standard

This notification is for a change in the import requirements of New Zealand, for Malus plants for planting imported into New Zealand. The change in requirements is the result of a review of phytosanitary import requirements for pests that required woody indexing for risk management. This has resulted in the proposed changes for removing the requirements for woody indexing on one virus, three viroids, one phytoplasma, and four diseases of unknown aetiology in the Malus schedule of special entry conditions of the import health standard Importation of Nursery Stock (155.02.06). This removal of woody indexing has also resulted in a corresponding adjustment of the post entry quarantine period required for Malus nursery stock imported into New Zealand.