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Potato exports guide

Last updated
24 January 2024 - see all updates
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Part of
Farming and rural

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

Supporting documents

St Lucia

Ware potatoes (updated 16 July 2019)

Potato Cyst Nematodes (PCN)

The field in which the potatoes were grown must have been tested for the presence of Potato Cyst Nematodes (Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida) pre-planting or where this has not been carried out lot freedom from PCN using a consignment test must be demonstrated (PCN testing for export applies). There will be a charge for these tests. 

Tuber tolerances

Minimum tolerances for ware export apply. 

Other requirements

Import permit: required

Additional declarations to be included on the reverse of the phytosanitary certificate for ware potatoes

  1. Samples of soil from the land on which these potatoes were grown were drawn and tested prior to planting by the official services and no trace was found of Potato Cyst Nematodes (Glodobera pallida and G. rostochiensis) or lot freedom from PCN has been demonstrated by consignment test.
  2. The potatoes are practically free from soil.
First published
8 February 2021
Last updated
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