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Importing into NZ: how it works
Border clearance: aircraft, boats, arrival, and clearance facilities
Household goods and personal effects importing to NZ
Importing food
Importing timber and wood products
Importing biological products and organisms
Importing ACVM – Agricultural compounds and veterinary medicines
Importing live animals
Importing animal food
Importing fibre, skins, and trophies
Importing plants, flowers, seeds, and plant-growing products
- Cut flowers and foliage
- Dried and preserved plant products
- Nursery stock
- Seeds for sowing
  - Steps to importing
  - Requirement documents
  - Forms and templates
  - Registers and lists
  - Fees and charges
  - Resources
  - Genetically modified seeds and nursery stock
- Fungi for growing
Importing inorganic materials
Importing vehicles, machinery, and parts
Importing research samples (excluding animal samples)
Importing soil, organic fertilisers and growing media of plant origin

Last reviewed: 08.10.21

Registers and lists for importing seeds for sowing

Registers and lists of people, operators, or businesses associated with importing seeds for sowing.

Approved Biosecurity Treatments [PDF, 1.2 MB]
Approved treatment suppliers [PDF, 223 KB]
Official New Zealand Pest Register
This includes the Unwanted organisms register and the Biosecurity organisms register for imported commodities (BORIC)
National Plant Pest Accord
Pest identification service suppliers [PDF, 220 KB]
Plant Pest Information Network (PPIN)
Plant post-entry quarantine facilities
Plant Biosecurity Index
Schedule of regulated (quarantine) weed seeds [PDF, 155 KB]

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