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Pre-registration and Import Permit Application for Pesticides  (3) expand_more expand_less
Obtain Shipping Documents  (1) expand_more expand_less
Obtain Customs Clearance  (4) expand_more expand_less
Obtain Quarantine Clearance  (1) expand_more expand_less
Pay Wharfage fee at Samoa Ports Authority  (2) expand_more expand_less
Get goods released from Shipping Agent  (1) expand_more expand_less
Final release at wharf  (1) expand_more expand_less

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Lodge Registration Form and Import Permit Application
(last modified: 07/09/2022)

Contact details

Entity in charge

Quarantine - Wharf Office

Matautu Wharf , Apia
Tel: +685 20924
Website: http://www.samoaquarantine.gov.ws/
Directions: Google maps

Unit in charge

Counter - Quarantine Wharf Office

Mon: 09:00 - 17:00
Tue: 09:00 - 17:00
Wed: 09:00 - 17:00
Thu: 09:00 - 17:00
Fri: 09:00 - 17:00
Sat: closed
Sun: closed

Person in charge

Quarantine Officer

Tel: (685) 20924

Requirements

Pre-Registration of Pesticides
1. Application Form for Registration of Pesticides
Application Form for Registration of Pesticides (original)
filled in and submitted with required attachments
Import Permit Application for Pesticides
1. Application Form for Import Permit for Pesticides
Application Form for Import Permit for Pesticides (original)
filled in and submitted

Time frame

Processing time for a pesticide registration certificate and import license is 3 months.
Waiting time in queue: min   5mn - max  10mn
Attention at counter: min   5mn - max   10mn

Legal justification

1. Pesticides Regulations, 2011
Pesticides Regulations, 2011

Additional information

The registration form of a pesticide lists the documents required for processing of application before it is lodged in officially for risk assessment purposes prior to approval/declining of a request by the Pesticides Technical Committee (PTC) for an import permit to be issued:
- Summary of intended use patterns in Samoa
- A statement of the Need-to-use
- Evidence of Overseas Registration Certificates (refer to N0. 6)
- Ten (10) copies of the proposed label
- Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

Complaints: Quarantine - Wharf Office

Entity in charge

Quarantine - Wharf Office

Matautu Wharf , Apia
Tel: +685 20924
Website: http://www.samoaquarantine.gov.ws/
Directions: Google maps

Unit in charge

Counter - Quarantine Wharf Office

Mon: 09:00 - 17:00
Tue: 09:00 - 17:00
Wed: 09:00 - 17:00
Thu: 09:00 - 17:00
Fri: 09:00 - 17:00
Sat: closed
Sun: closed

Person in charge

Segialii Louise Marie Malaki

ACEO-Quarantine Office
Tel: (+685) 20924
Email: aceo@samoaquarantine.gov.ws, marie.malaki@maf.gov.ws
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