Cacao (Theobroma cacao) cuttings

Resolución 062-2025-IPSA, Establecimiento de Requisitos Fitosanitarios para la Importación de varetas de cacao (Theobroma cacao) origen y procedencia Ecuador (Resolution No. 062-2025-IPSA establishing phytosanitary requirements for the importation of cacao (Theobroma cacao) cuttings originating in and coming from Ecuador) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 2

The notified Resolution establishes the phytosanitary requirements for the importation of cacao (Theobroma cacao) cuttings originating in and coming from Ecuador.

1.    The shipment must be accompanied by an official phytosanitary certificate, stating in the additional declaration that the propagating material has been officially inspected by the national plant protection organization of the country of origin and found free of: Moniliophthora perniciosa, Ceratocystis cacaofunesta and Albonectria rigidiuscula.

2.    The shipment will be subject to phytosanitary inspection and sampling for phytosanitary diagnosis by inspectors from the Quarantine Directorate at the agricultural quarantine facility at the point of entry into the country, for the application of appropriate phytosanitary measures.

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.