PHYTOSANITARY EXPORT
AND/OR RE-EXPORT CERTIFICATES
COMMUNICATION
FROM PERU
The
following communication, received on 8 July 2024, is being circulated at the
request of the Plant Protection Organization of Peru.
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1. Peru's
National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA) has gradually begun exchanging electronic
phytosanitary certificates (ePhytos) with various countries using the IPPC Hub
and following the guidelines established by that organization.
2. Peru's
phytosanitary regulatory framework and specifically the plant quarantine
regulations approved by Supreme Decree 032-2003-AG provide that an original
phytosanitary certificate is required to import plant products into Peru. In
current trade with our country, it has been noted that the formats of the
phytosanitary export and/or re-export certificates covering shipments to Peru
differ among the various members of the IPPC. Some certificates are issued with
a stamp, some without; some include the handwritten signature of the inspector,
while others show only the inspector's name and are unsigned. This delays
processing at the border, on account of enquiries or checks being necessary at
origin.
3. For
this reason, until an agreement on the exchange of electronic phytosanitary
certificates (ePhytos) is established between SENASA and the NPPOs of exporting
countries, the phytosanitary export and/or re-export certificates sent to our
country must be submitted in physical form, stamped and signed (handwritten
signature or visible digital signature) by the authorized official.
4. This
communication will enter into effect the day following its publication.
Vilma
Aurora Gutarra García
Head
of Plant Quarantine, SENASA
Av.
La Molina N° 1915, Lima 12, Lima, Peru
Tel.:
(+511) 313 3300, Ext. 6142
Email: vgutarra@senasa.gob.pe
ecarrillo@senasa.gob.pe
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