International movement of seeds

Published

Mon, 28 Jul 2025, 00:00

Reference

ISPM 38

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Description

This standard provides guidance to assist national plant protection organizations (NPPOs) in identifying, assessing and managing the pest risk associated with the international movement of seeds (as a commodity). The standard also provides guidance on procedures to establish phytosanitary import requirements to facilitate the international movement of seeds; on inspection, sampling and testing of seeds; and on the phytosanitary certification of seeds for export and re-export. Under ISPM 5 (Glossary of phytosanitary terms) seeds (as a commodity) are intended for planting and not for consumption. Viable seeds, which are a sample of a seed lot, imported for laboratory testing or destructive analysis are also addressed by this standard. This standard does not apply to grain or vegetative plant parts (e.g. tubers of potatoes).

Unofficial Translations	Korean translation provided by the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of Korea

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Adopted Standards (ISPMs)