COMMUNICATION
FROM CHILE
The
following communication, received on 16 October 2025, is being circulated at
the request of the delegation of Chile.
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1. Pursuant
to Article 5, Article 6 and Annex A, paragraph 3(c), of the Agreement on the
Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS), Chile hereby informs
WTO Members of the regionalization criteria in relation to quarantine pests for
Chile, drawing particular attention to the following:
i._
The Agricultural and Livestock
Service (SAG) is the authority responsible for protecting the country's
phytosanitary resources;
ii._
As a Member signatory to the
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Chile must
ensure that its phytosanitary measures are adapted to the regional
characteristics of the areas from which plant products originate and for which
they are destined;
iii._
Article VII of the 1997
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), to which Chile is a
signatory, stipulates that contracting parties shall establish and update lists
of regulated pests, using scientific names, and make such lists available to
the Secretary, to regional plant protection organizations of which they are
members and, on request, to other contracting parties;
iv._
To this end, SAG, by means of
the relevant pest risk analyses, regularly updates Chile's list of quarantine
pests and their hosts, which are covered by the phytosanitary regulations with
which regulated articles must comply, where applicable, in order to enter the
country;
v._
As a result of activities
conducted within the framework of SAG's Agricultural and Forestry Phytosanitary
Surveillance Programme, the presence of the following pests has been reported
in the country: Aphelenchoides fragariae,
Bagrada hilaris, Brassica tournefortii, Brevipalpus
lewisi, Grapevine pinot gris virus
(GPGV), Parabemisia myricae and Phyllocoptes gracilis;
vi._
The distribution of pests
present in part of the national territory, and subject to official control for
the purposes of containment, suppression or eradication, varies depending on
the official control measures applied and the biology of the pest;
vii._
The most recent pest risk
analyses showed that the following pests, which are absent from Chile, qualify
as quarantine pests, as they have high introduction and economic impact
potential for the country: Candidatus
Phytoplasma rubi, Cathaica fasciola,
Helicoverpa assulta, Kyuri green mottle mosaic virus, Megacopta cribraria, Neopestalotiopsis rosae, Pepper chat fruit viroid, Tomato chlorosis virus, Tomato mottle mosaic virus, Trichoferus spp., Turnip yellow mosaic virus, Unaspis
yanonensis and Zucchini green mottle
mosaic virus;
viii._
The current measures and pest
lists are set out in SAG Resolution No. 7.787 of 2025 "amending Resolution
No. 3.080 of 2003 establishing regionalization criteria in relation to
quarantine pests for Chile", which is available in Spanish at: https://bcn.cl/nDZb8E or which may be requested
by email from the Chile SPS enquiry point (sps.chile@sag.gob.cl).
2. Lastly,
Chile states that this communication is being submitted for the purposes of
transparency, without prejudice to the country's rights and obligations under
the SPS Agreement.
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