A shipment of 13,350 rose branches imported from a foreign country has been returned after failing Georgia’s phytosanitary inspection at the Sadakhlo-Motorway customs checkpoint on the Georgian-Armenian border.
The Revenue Service said inspectors from the Customs Department’s Sanitary, Phytosanitary and Veterinary Control Division identified non-compliance with Georgia’s phytosanitary requirements during border quarantine procedures.
Under Government Resolution No. 463 of September 20, 2019, the shipment was ordered to be returned to the exporting country.
The case follows a similar incident earlier this month, when Georgian customs authorities returned more than 22,000 cut roses imported from Armenia after inspectors detected live harmful organisms and traces of pest activity during phytosanitary checks.
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