In 2023, the number of border phytosanitary inspections carried out by inspectors of border branches of the State Plant Health and Seed Inspection Service (PIORiN) remained at a level similar to the previous year. It turns out that almost 50,000 shipments of goods regulated by EU phytosanitary regulations were inspected.
Border shipment control
– The main directions of import were: China, India, Ukraine, USA, Belarus, Russian Federation. The share of imports from other countries was 14% and these included several dozen countries from various regions of the world, including: Japan, Indonesia, Moldova, Kazakhstan – it was announced.
Source: PIORiN
As PIORiN points out, in the total number of inspections carried out, 695 concerned shipments in phytosanitary transit (i.e. transported through the territory of the Union to a third country), and in 25 cases these were shipments in the procedure of further transport (the documentation inspection was carried out at the border inspection point, and the remaining part of the control (so-called identification and direct control) in an approved place indicated by the importer within the EU territory).
– Goods controlled at Polish points of entry into the EU are mainly wood and wooden packaging material, which accounted for approximately 90%. shipments imported through Polish border crossings. In addition, fresh vegetables and fruits were also imported, accounting for approximately 7%. shipments subject to border phytosanitary control – we read in the PIORiN announcement.
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What does PIORiN control?
As a result of border phytosanitary inspection, 428 consignments were found not to meet the EU's phytosanitary requirements and, as a result, their introduction into the EU was prohibited.
Source: PIORiN
– The presence of pests which, in accordance with EU phytosanitary regulations, cannot be present in goods intended for entry into the European Union, was found in the case of 20 shipments. These included: live nematodes and live Sinoxylon sp. beetles in wooden packaging from Belarus, China, India and Kazakhstan, as well as Tomato brown rugose fruit virus in tomato seeds from India – given.
Other reasons for questioning shipments include: missing or forged phytosanitary certificates; failure by the importer to comply with the requirement to register in the TRACES NT system (this system is used to report imported consignments to border phytosanitary control), the content of goods prohibited for import into the EU in the consignment (e.g. soil, plants for planting vines, etc.), non-compliance of wooden packaging with the ISPM 15 standard (this is an international standard that specifies the rules for the treatment and marking of wooden packaging and fastening wood, commonly used in international transport/trade of all goods).
Source: PIORiN
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