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Publication - Advice and guidance

Potato exports guide

Last updated
5 November 2024 - see all updates
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic
Farming and rural

Information on the conditions and phytosanitary requirements for the export of Scottish potatoes, where known by country.

Supporting documents

Jamaica

Seed potatoes (updated 17 October 2022)

Growing crop tolerances

PLRV: NIL

PMTV: NIL 

Tuber tolerances

Minimum tolerances for seed export apply, except for:

  • Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea): NIL

Other requirements

Import permit: required.

Additional declarations to be inserted on the reverse of phytosanitary certificate for seed potatoes

  1. The seed potatoes as well as their place of cultivation are free from: Synchytrium endobioticum, Dickeya spp., Ralstonia solanacearum and Globodera rostochiensis.
  2. Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid and Burkholderia cepacia have not been recorded in commercial stocks of potatoes grown in Scotland.
  3. Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) has not been recorded in Scottish potatoes for more than 25 years.
  4. The crops are confirmed as having no PMTV or PLRV observed during official growing crop inspections.
  5. The seed potatoes were inspected and found free from powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea).

Ware potatoes

Growing crop tolerances

PLRV: NIL

PMTV: NIL 

Tuber tolerances

Minimum tolerances for ware export apply, except for:

  • Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea): NIL

Other requirements

Import permit: required.

Additional declarations to be inserted on the reverse of phytosanitary certificate for seed potatoes

  1. The seed potatoes as well as their place of cultivation are free from: Synchytrium endobioticum, Dickeya spp., Ralstonia solanacearum and Globodera rostochiensis.
  2. Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid and Burkholderia cepacia have not been recorded in commercial stocks of potatoes grown in Scotland.
  3. Stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) has not been recorded in Scottish potatoes for more than 25 years.
  4. The crops are confirmed as having no PMTV or PLRV observed during official growing crop inspections.
  5. The seed potatoes were inspected and found free from powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea).
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