IMPORT STATUS OF PLANT COMMODITIES & RELATED ITEMS:

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Country of Export PROHIBITED PERMITTED Entry REQUIREMENTS

Items Items
All Countries • All planting material, plant All planting material, plant cuttings, • Valid Import Permit
cuttings, live plants, cut flowers live plants, cut flowers & • Phytosanitary Certificate
& ornamentals without an import ornamentals
permit
• Mangoes
• Produce infested with pests &/or
disease
• Citrus fruit (e.g., orange, lime,
lemon, grapefruit,
pummelo/shaddock, tangerine,
mandarin, etc.)
• Soil
• Other items from countries for
which no risk assessment has
been done
Anguilla All items (risk assessment required) - -
Barbados All items (risk assessment required) - -
Belize • Citrus fruit - -
• All other items (risk assessment
required)
Central & South America All commodities not otherwise Cut flowers • Commercial shipments only
(via Miami) specified (risk assessment required) • Valid Import Permit
• Phytosanitary Certificate
Cuba All commodities not otherwise Elephant Grass • Commercial shipments only
specified (risk assessment required) • Valid Import Permit
• Phytosanitary Certificate
Dominica • Guava fruit (fresh) • Cut flowers • Valid Import Permit
• Mango fruit • Phytosanitary Certificate
• Coconut seedlings/plants • Ground provisions • Phytosanitary Certificate
• All commodities not otherwise • Fruits (except fresh guava) • Phytosanitary Certificate
 Country of Export PROHIBITED PERMITTED Entry REQUIREMENTS
Items Items
specified (risk assessment • Guava (frozen) • Valid Import Permit
required) • Phytosanitary Certificate
(confirming fruit frozen for at
least 10 days)
Dominican Republic (Santo • Passion fruit • Zamia pumila (wild cycad) • Valid Import Permit
Domingo) • Plantains • Phytosanitary Certificate
• Bananas • Taro • Valid Import Permit
• Citrus (all species) • Eddo • Phytosanitary Certificate
• Commodities not otherwise listed • Tannia • Commercial shipments only
• Sweet Potato
• Yam
• Ginger
• Cucumber • Valid Import Permit
• Avocado • Phytosanitary Certificate
• Eggplant
• Onions
Grenada • All commodities not otherwise • Spices (nutmeg, cloves, mace) • Must be thoroughly dried
specified (risk assessment
required)
Guyana • Citrus fruit • Avocado • Valid Import Permit
• Papaya • Bora • Phytosanitary Certificate
• Plantain • Calaloo • Commercial shipments only
• Other fruits, vegetables & plants • Cassava • Importer registration w/PPU
not otherwise specified • Coconut
• Cowpea
• Cruciferous vegetables (e.g.,
cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli,
etc.)
• Cucumber
• Eddoes
• Eggplant
• Echallot
• Ginger
• Okra
 Country of Export PROHIBITED PERMITTED Entry REQUIREMENTS
Items Items
• Passion fruit
• Pepper (hot, sweet)
• Pineapple
• Pumpkin
• Tomato
• Watermelon
Jamaica • Coconut trees • Anthurium blooms • Valid Import Permit
• Palm trees • Ginger lily blooms • Phytosanitary Certificate
• Other commodities not otherwise • Heliconia blooms • Commercial shipments only
specified (risk assessment • Hot peppers
required) • Pumpkin
Miami (incl. via Puerto • Citrus plants • Cut flowers • Valid Import Permit
Rico) • Live plants (balled & burlapped) • Lime • Phytosanitary Certificate
• Other commodities not otherwise • Lemon • Commercial shipments only
specified (risk assessment • Live plants
required) • Temperate fruit & other • Phytosanitary Certificate
vegetables • Commercial shipments only
Montserrat • Citrus (all plant parts) • Banana fruit • Valid Import Permit
• Coconut (all plant parts) • Carrots (roots only) • Phytosanitary Certificate
• Corn (whole cob in husk) • Cassava (tubers only) • Commercial shipments only
• Guava fruit • Cocoa fruit
• Mango fruit • Cruciferous crops (e.g.,
• Papaya (all plant parts) cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli,
• Pineapple fruit etc.)
• Corn kernels
• Dasheen, eddo & other aroids
(tubers)
• Ginger (root only)
• Mango plants
• All cut flowers
• Fresh pigeon peas (in pod)
• Dried pigeon peas (for planting)
• Sorrel fruit
• Sweet potato (tubers only)
 Country of Export PROHIBITED PERMITTED Entry REQUIREMENTS
Items Items
• Yam (tubers only)
• Beans (fresh) • Phytosanitary Certificate
• Breadfruit
• Breadnut
• Cucurbits (e.g., cucumber,
melon, squash, pumpkin,
watermelon, etc.)
• Dasheen (leaves)
• Eddo (leaves)
• Eggplant (fruit)
• Jackfruit
• Locust (stinking toe)
• Mammey apple (fruit)
• Okra (fruit only)
• Onion (bulbs only)
• Pepper (sweet & hot)
• Pigeon peas (fresh/shelled)
• Tomato fruit
Puerto Rico • Other commodities not otherwise • Cut flowers • Valid Import Permit
specified (risk assessment • Live ornamentals (linners) • Phytosanitary Certificate
required) • Commercial shipments only
St. Kitts & Nevis • All commodities not otherwise • Hot pepper • Valid Import Permit
specified (risk assessment • Sweet potato • Phytosanitary Certificate
required) • Tomato • Commercial shipments only
• Yam
St. Lucia • Jujube fruit • Avocado (fruit) • Valid Import Permit
• Suriname cherry fruit • Banana (fruit) • Phytosanitary Certificate
• Mango fruit • Breadfruit • Commercial shipments only
• Carambola fruit • Carambola (plant only)
• Wax apple fruit • Cinnamon (plant only)
• Coconut plants • Cucumber
• Citrus fruits • Cut flowers (heliconias, ginger
• Other commodities not otherwise lilies, anthuriums, etc.)
specified • French tamarind (plant only)
 Country of Export PROHIBITED PERMITTED Entry REQUIREMENTS
Items Items
• Ginger
• Hot pepper
• Jujube (plant only)
• Mango (plant only)
• Ornamental shrubs & cuttings
• Pineapple
• Plantain (fruit only)
• Pumpkin
• Suriname cherry (plant only)
• Tannia
• Watermelon
• Wax apple (plant only)

St. Vincent & the • Anthurium blooms
Grenadines • Banana (plants & leaves)
• Citrus (e.g., limes, lemons,
oranges, grapefruit, tangerine,
mandarin)
• Coconut (nuts & plants)
• Eggplant (leaves & live plants)
• Corn (on the cob)
• Mango (fruit)
• Plantain (plants & leaves)
• Other commodities not otherwise
specified
• Arrowroot • Valid Import Permit
• Asparagus • Phytosanitary Certificate
• Avocado (fruit)
• Beans
• Cocoa (fruit)
• Ferns (foliage only)
• Garlic (dried)
• Okra
• Onion (dried)
• Orchids (blooms only)
• Papaya (fruit)
• Passion fruit
• Peppers (hot & sweet)
• Philodendrons (blooms only)
• Pigeon peas (in pod or frozen)
• Sugarcane (peeled or chilled)
• Tomato (fruit)
• Watermelon
• Arrowroot (rhizomes) • Valid Import Permit
• Banana (fruit only) • Phytosanitary Certificate
• Beet root • Commercial shipments only
 Country of Export PROHIBITED PERMITTED Entry REQUIREMENTS
Items Items
• Cabbage
• Carrots
• Cassava
• Cauliflower
• Celery
• Corn (dried & shelled)
• Dasheen (roots & leaves)
• Eddoes (roots & leaves)
• Eggplant
• Ginger root
• Ginger lily (blooms)
• Heliconia (blooms)
• Lettuce
• Peanuts
• Pineapples
• Plantain (fruit only)
• Pumpkin
• Sugarcane (cuttings)
• Sweet potato
• Tannia (foliage & tubers)
• Tobacco (leaves)
• White potato
• Yam (tubers)
Thailand • All commodities not otherwise • Orchids (live plants, preferably • Valid Import Permit
specified (risk assessment bare-root) • Phytosanitary Certificate
required) • Tamarind (in shell) • Commercial shipments only
Trinidad and Tobago • Papaya (fruit) • Cabbage • Valid Import Permit
• Pineapple (fruit) • Cucumber • Importer registration
• Other commodities not otherwise • Pumpkin • Phytosanitary Certificate
specified • Pepper (hot & sweet) • Commercial shipments only
• Tomato
• Watermelon
United Kingdom • All commodities not otherwise • Roses (live plants or cuttings) • Valid Import Permit
specified (risk assessment • Phytosanitary Certificate
Country of Export PROHIBITED PERMITTED Entry REQUIREMENTS
Items Items
required)
• Seed potatoes (origin: Scotland) • Valid Import Permit
• Phytosanitary Certificate
• Commercial shipments only
• White (Irish) potatoes • Phytosanitary certificate

Updated February 27, 2007

Plant Protection Officer
Plant Protection – Department of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Marine Resources & AgroIndustry
P.O. Box 1282
St. John’s
Antigua and Barbuda

For further information, please contact the Plant Protection Unit at

562-1923, (268)764-1255 or (268)462-1213, or plantprotection@antigua.gov.ag