Skip to main content

Proposed amendments to the import health standards for fresh durian from Thailand

Update – 14 February 2025

We have now reissued the import health standards.

Importation and Clearance of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables into New Zealand [PDF, 2 MB]

Durian (Durio zibethinus) from Thailand – Fresh Fruit/Vegetables [PDF, 335 KB]

Consultation background

From 9 October 2024 to 13 December 2024, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) invited comment on proposed changes to the import health standards for fresh durian fruit from Thailand.

We were proposing a different way to manage biosecurity risks of yellow peach moth (Conogethes punctiferalis) on fresh durian for human consumption imported from Thailand to New Zealand.

Details were in the risk management proposal.

Consultation documents

Draft IHS 152.02 Importation and Clearance of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables into New Zealand [PDF, 3.3 MB]

Draft IHS: Commodity Sub-class: Fresh Fruit/Vegetables Durian (Durio zibethinus) from Thailand [PDF, 418 KB]

Risk management proposal: Changes to phytosanitary measures to manage Conogethes punctiferalis on fresh durian from Thailand [PDF, 379 KB]

Submissions are public information

Note that all, part, or a summary of your submission may be published on this website. Most often this happens when we issue a document that reviews the submissions received.

People can also ask for copies of submissions under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). The OIA says we must make the content of submissions available unless we have good reason for withholding it. Those reasons are detailed in sections 6 and 9 of the OIA.

If you think there are grounds to withhold specific information from publication, make this clear in your submission or contact us. Reasons may include that it discloses commercially sensitive or personal information. However, any decision MPI makes to withhold details can be reviewed by the Ombudsman, who may direct us to release it.

Official Information Act 1982 – NZ Legislation

MPI business units