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(Unofficial Translation)  
 
 Notification of Department of Agriculture   
Re: Conditions for Import of Cannabis and Hemp  Seed s B.E. 2565  (2022 ) 
 
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 The Department of Agriculture has completed pest risk analysis for commercial 
importation of  Cannabis and hemp seeds .   
  
 By virtue of the provisions of Section 8(2) and Section 10 of the Plant Quarantine Act 
B.E. 2507 (1964) amended by the Plant Quarantine Act (No.3) B.E. 2551 (2008)  The 
Director -General of Department of Agriculture t hrough the recommendation of the Plant 
Quarantine Committee hereby announces  phytosanitary import requirements of  Cannabis and 
hemp seeds  for sowing as follow:  
 
1. This notification shall be called “Notification of Department of Agriculture, Re: 
Condi tions for Import of Cannabis and hemp seeds.  B.E. 2565  (2022 ).” 
 
2. This notification shall come into forc e as from the day following the date of its 
publication in the Government Gazette.1   
 
3. Permitted Plant S pecies  
 
Cannabis  and h emp (Cannabis sativa ) seeds  
 
4. Permitted C ountry  
  
 All countries  
 
5. Quarantine P ests of Concern  
 
A list of quarantine pests of concern to the Kingdom of Thailand for Cannabis and 
hemp seeds  is given in the Annex . 
 
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1 The Government Gazette: Vol. 139, Spec ial Part 129 D, Page 2 7-29, Date 8 June 2022  
 
This translation is provided by Department of Agriculture as the competent authority for information purposes 
only. Whilst Department of Agriculture has made efforts to ensure the accuracy and correctness of t he 
translation, the original Thai text as formally adopted and published shall in all events remain the sole 
authoritative text having the force of law.  
   
 
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6. Import Permit  
 
Import permit issued by the Department of Agriculture (DOA) is required.  
 
7. Means of Conveyance  
 
Cannabis and hemp seeds must be imported from a port in any country to a port in the 
Kingdom of Thailand by air cargo .  
 
8. Requirements for Importation   
 
8.1 Cannabis and hemp seeds  must be  non-genetically modified organism s. 
 
8.2 The shipm ent must be packed in  new, clean packaging  and free of live insects, 
soil, sand, contaminant seeds, other plant material s (including leaf, stem material,  
fruit pulp, pod material) and animal material s (including animal faeces and 
feathers).  
 
8.3 Cannabis and hemp seed  lots are required to fulfill  one of the following 
phytosanitary  import conditions , or a combination of the conditions addressing 
each of the following  quarantine pests ; Pseudomonas syringae  pv. cannabina , 
Xanthomonas campestris  pv. cannabis , Ditylenchus dipsaci , Arabis mosaic 
virus , Alfalfa mosaic virus , Orobanche ramos a, Cuscuta spp. and Striga  spp. 
 
(1) Cannabis and hemp seeds  were produced in a country where the 
quarantine pests in 8.3 are not known to occur .  
(2) Cannabis and hemp seeds  were tested and found free from the quarantine 
pests in 8.3 . 
 
 8.4 Disinfection treatment  
 
Cannabis and hemp seeds must be treated w ith the following fungicides e.g . 
combination  of 2.5%  fludioxonil and 1%  metalaxyl  - M in doses of 2 ml/kg  of 
seed or other equivalent  fungicides that are approved by DOA. The n ame of  
fungicide  and application rate must be  indicated in the Phytosanitary Certificate .  
 
 9. Phytosanitary Certification  
   
9.1 A phytosanitary c ertificat e (PC)  or a re-export phytosanitary certificate  issued 
 by the National Plant Protection  Organization  from the exporting country  is 
 require d. The original copy  must accompany every  consignment to the 
 Kingdom of Thailand and bear one the following additional declaration , and/ 
 or a combination of the d eclarations  addressing each of the quarantine pests:    
 
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(1) “The consignment of Cannabis and hemp seeds was produced in 
[country] where Pseudomonas syringae pv. cannabina, Xanthomonas 
campestris pv. cannabis,  Ditylenchus dipsaci, Arabis mosaic virus, Alfalf a 
mosaic virus, Orobanche ramos a, Cuscuta spp. and Striga spp. are not known 
to occur .” 
OR  
 
(2) “The consignment of Cannabis and hemp seeds  was tested and 
found free  from  Pseudomonas syringae pv. cannabina, Xanthomonas 
campestris pv.  cannabis,  Ditylenchu s dipsaci, Arabis mosaic virus, Alfalfa 
mosaic virus, Orobanche ramos a, Cuscuta spp. and Striga spp.” 
   
9.2 Information on disinfection treatment  in 8.4  must be indicated in the 
appropriate sections of the Phytosanitary Certificate.  
 
10. Import inspectio n 
  
10.1 When the consignments  arrive at the point of entry in the Kingdom of Thailand,  
the import inspection must be conducted after confirming the respective documents  
accompanying the consignments concerned.  
 
10.2 DOA reserved the right to have the cons ignment re -exported or destroyed at 
the importer’s expenses, if non -compliance with documentary and 
phytosanitary import requirements is identified.  
 
10.3 All consignments must be ins pected for the presence of live insects, disease 
symptoms and contaminati on (contaminant seed, soil particles and animal and 
plant material)  when arrive at the point of entry in the Kingdom of Thailand . 
Subsequently, a representative sample must be drawn and submitted a 
designated laboratory for further analysis. The consignmen t must be held 
under quarantine pending results of the analysis.  
 
10.4 If genetically modified Cannabis and hemp seeds  are found, the consignment 
must be re -exported or destroyed at the importer’s expenses.  
 
10.5 If the quarantine pests in 8. 3 are found du ring import inspection, the consignment 
must be re -exported or destroyed  at the importer’s expense.  
 
10.6 If quarantine pests of Thailand concern as stipulate in the Annex are found, the 
consignment must be treated with an appropriated treatment (if availa ble),             
re-exported or destroyed at the importer’s expenses . 
    
 
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10.7 If the consignments are frequently found to be non -compliance with 
phytosanitary import requirements or other cases, DOA may suspend, 
terminate or impose additional specific impo rt conditions from a certain 
country as the Annex  of this notification.  
 
10.8 If live pests not listed in the Annex , other organisms or contaminants which 
potentially pose a phytosanitary risk to the Kingdom of Thailand are found, the 
pests, other organism s or contaminants must be handled with an appropriate 
procedure (if available) as the case may be, or re -exported or destroyed at the 
importer’s expense. The DOA reserved the right to temporary suspension of 
import from the identified  pathway until a risk assessment of intercepted 
organisms is determined.  
 
 
       Issued on 7 June B.E. 2565 (2022)  
 
                                                              Rapibhat Chandara srivongs  
 
 Director -General  
                        Department of Agriculture   
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
   
 
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Annex  
 
List of Quarantine Pests of  Cannabis and hemp  
Attached to the Notification of Department of Agriculture  
Re: C onditions for Cannabis and Hemp Seeds B.E. 2565 (2022 ) 
 
Scientific name  Common name  
Insect   
Order Coleoptera   
Family  Cucujidae   
Cryptolestes turcicus  flour mill beetle  
Family  Dermestidae   
Attagenus unicolor  black carpet beetle  
Trogoderma granarium  khapra beetle  
Trogoderma variabile  warehouse beetle  
Family Latridiidae   
Adistemia watsoni  household fungus bee tle 
Dienerella argus  minute brown scavenger beetle  
Family  Tenebrionidae   
Tribolium confusum  confused flour beetle  
Order Diptera   
Family  Syrphidae   
Metasyrphus latifasciatus  syrphid fly  
Sphaerophoria scripta  hover fly  
Syritta pipiens  hover fly  
Orde r Hemiptera   
Family Aphididae   
Phorodon cannabis  hemp aphid  
Family Pyrrhocoridae   
Pyrrhocoris apterus  fire bug  
Order Lepidoptera   
Family Pyralidae   
Ephestia kuehniella  Mediterranean flour moth  
Plodia interpunctella  Indianmeal moth  
Family Tortricid ae  
Grapholita delineana  hemp borer  
Mite   
Family Eriophyidae   
Aculops cannabicola  hemp russet mite  
Pathogens   
Bacteria   
Pseudomonas syringae pv. cannabina  bacteriosis  
Xanthomonas campestris pv. cannabis  leafspot  
Fungi   
Curvularia cymbopogonis   
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.  cannabis  Fusarium wilt of hemp  
Leptosphaeria woroninii  leptosphaeria blight    
 
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Scientific name  Common name  
Pseudoperonospora cannabina  downy mildew of hemp  
Septoria cannabis  yellow leaf spot  
Nematode   
Ditylenchus dipsaci  stem nematode  
Virus   
Arabis mosaic  virus  hop bare -bine 
Alfalfa mosaic virus  alfalfa yellow spot  
Weed   
Cuscuta europaea  European dodder  
Cuscuta pentagona  bushclover dodder  
Fallopia convolvulus  black bindweed  
Orobanche ramosa  branched broomrape  
Striga angustifolia  witchweed  
Striga as pera witchweed  
Striga densiflora  witchweed  
Striga hermonthica  witchweed  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 