Nicaragua has established strict phytosanitary requirements for the importation of rooted and bare-rooted strawberry plants from Chile and Egypt, ensuring disease-free entry and mandatory certification for all shipments1, 2.
Nicaragua Bars Diseased Strawberry Plants
Importers must provide a phytosanitary certificate for every shipment.
What changed
Who it affects
Importers of strawberry plants from Chile and Egypt must secure a phytosanitary certificate before shipping.
Agricultural quarantine officials must inspect and sample all arriving shipments.
What to do
Obtain an official phytosanitary certificate from the exporting country.
Ensure the certificate lists freedom from the specified pathogens for your origin.
Present the certificate for inspection at the Nicaraguan agricultural quarantine post.
Nicaragua has introduced comprehensive phytosanitary measures to safeguard its agricultural sector by enforcing strict health and pest control standards for rooted strawberry plants with inert substrate imported from Chile and bare-rooted strawberry plants from Egypt. All shipments must be accompanied by an official phytosanitary certificate that confirms the origin is free of specific plant pathogens, including Alphacytorhabdovirus fragariarugosus and Rhizoctonia fragariae, and must undergo inspection at the agricultural quarantine post upon entry1, 2. The new requirements are designed to prevent the introduction of invasive pests and viruses that threaten local crop health and are enforced by the Institute for Agricultural and Livestock Protection and Health1, 2.
Rooted Strawberry Plant Import from Chile
Shipment of rooted strawberry plants with inert substrate from Chile must be accompanied by an official phytosanitary certificate stating the origin is free of Alphacytorhabdovirus fragariarugosus, Aphelenchoides fragariae, Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi, Strawberry vein banding caulomovirus, Meloidogyne ethiopica, Meloidogyne fallax, and Pseudococcus viburni, and must undergo phytosanitary inspection at the entry point1.
Bare-Rooted Strawberry Plant Import from Egypt
Bare-rooted strawberry plants imported from Egypt require an official phytosanitary certificate confirming freedom from Rhizoctonia fragariae, Phytophthora fragariae, Strawberry mild yellow edge virus, Strawberry vein banding virus, Stralarivirus fragariae, Colletotrichum acutatum, Rhodococcus fascians, and Neopestalotiopsis rosae, and will be subject to inspection and sampling upon arrival2.
Sources
- ↩ G/SPS/N/NIC/312 — Resolución 184-2026-IPSA, Establecimiento de Requisitos Fitosanitarios para la Importación de planta enraizada de fresa con sustrato inerte (Fragaria ananassa) origen Chile (Resolution No. 184-2026-IPSA establishing phytosanitary requirements for imports of rooted strawberry (Fragaria ananassa) plants with inert substrate originating in Chile) https://docs.wto.org/imrd/directdoc.asp?DDFDocuments/T/G/SPS/NNIC312.docx
- ↩ G/SPS/N/NIC/302 — Resolución 174-2026-IPSA, Establecimiento de Requisitos Fitosanitarios para la Importación de planta raíz desnuda de fresa (Fragaria ananassa) origen Egipto (Resolution No. 174-2026-IPSA establishing phytosanitary requirements for the importation of bare-rooted strawberry (Fragaria ananassa) plants originating in Egypt) https://docs.wto.org/imrd/directdoc.asp?DDFDocuments/T/G/SPS/NNIC302.docx