Follow the steps
1. Refer to the steps for exporting fresh fruit.
As well as the extra requirements on this page, you must also follow the process that applies to all fresh fruit exported from New Zealand.
Follow the steps for exporting fresh fruit
2. Contact an Independent Verification Agency (IVA).
You need to use an MPI-authorised Independent Verification Agency (IVA), which can advise you about meeting your compliance requirements (like documentation, tests, or treatments). Fees may apply.
Browse the list of IVAs and their contact information
3. Follow the voluntary USDA pipfruit pre-clearance programme for your product.
Official agreements between New Zealand and some export markets aim to make exporting easier or are needed to enable exports. The requirements are set out in Official Assurance Programmes (OAPs) or pre-clearance programmes.
MPI and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) negotiate a voluntary pre-clearance programme (known as a workplan) each year. USA officials are based in New Zealand to inspect fruit in accordance with the workplan. This should result in faster clearance times on arrival.
Read the operating guidelines and technical requirements in the workplan. It explains what growers, packhouse operators, storage facility operators, and exporters need to do.
You may also need to use MPI-approved service providers and suppliers to get your product to market. Contact details are listed in registers and lists.
- Download the Pipfruit - Operational Work Plan for Precleared Apples, European Pears, and Nashi/Sand Pears from New Zealand to the United States
- Download the MPI Plant Exports: Commodity Pest List – Pipfruit [PDF, 142 KB]
- Browse the registers of approved exporters
- Browse the register of USDA pipfruit facilities
