PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
OF THE 
KINGDOM OF EGYPT 
BASIC LEGISLATION 
Law No. l.of January 19 l6, as amended, on the protection of plants 
proceeding from foreign countries . 
INTRODUCTION 
The Egyptian plant quarantine regulations, administered "by the Crop 
Protection Section of the Ministry of Agriculture, regulate the entry 
of plants, parts of plants, fruits (fresh or dried), vegetables, seeds, 
bulbs, tubers, corms, rhizomes, molds, bacteria, fungi, living stages 
of insects, bird-lime, peat, and containers used for the transporta- 
tion of prohibited products. 
SUMMARY 
General Entry Requirements 
1. General requirements for importations of plants and parts thereof, 
including seeds, fruits, vegetables, bulbs, etc., are as follows: 
a. A phytosanitary certificate (Federal). (See par. 5, p. ■*+.) 
b. Import permit required in advance of exportation for products 
of k-3 plant families listed in paragraph k. (See p.. 3.) 
Authorized ports of entry: Alexandria only for nursery stock, and 
Alexandria, Port-Said, and Suez for fruits, vegetables and seeds re- 
quiring fumigation. Other ports of the Kingdom are authorized for 
fruits, vegetables and seeds not requiring fumigation. (See par. 9, 
P. 5.) 
Importation Prohibited 
2. Importation into Egypt is prohibited of the following (by Law No. 1 
of January k, 19 16, except as noted): (See par. 11, p. 6.) 
a. BIRD-LIME in all forms. (Law No. 13 of April Ik, 1922.) 
b. COTTON ( Gossypium spp.) plants, ginned or unginned cotton, cotton- 
seed, or cotton stems (except as provided in paragraph 3c, p. 2). 
