REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
AGENCY FOR AGRICULTURAL QUARANTINE
Jl. Harsono RM No. 3. Building E 1st Floor, Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan, 12550
Phone: +62(21) 7816484. 7816483. 7816482, Fax : +62(21) 7816481
Website:
http://karantina.pertanian.go.id
Ref. Number:2935/KT. 210/13/4/2012
To:
Dr VANESSA FINDLAY
General Manager
Plant Biosecurity (horticulture)
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry - Biosecurity
GPO Box 858
Canberra City ACT 2001
Australia
April17, 2012
Subject : Draft report for IRAs for mangosteens from Indonesia
We would like to appreciate and thank you for the release and publication of Draft Report for the non-regulated analysis of existing policy for fresh mangosteen fruit from Indonesia on 9 March 2012. The stakeholders consultation will be closed for any comments on 8 May 2012.
For follow up the draft report, lAQA and stakeholders have been discussed for comments the draft The focusing of discussions are pest risk management and phytosanitary procedure. operational system for the maintenance and verification of phytosanitary status. The summary of meeting, we noted that the basic contents of draft are appropriate with the resume of field verification last year. So, Indonesian stakeholders is no any comments of the draft. All of us agree for contents of phytosanitary measures for exportation mangosteen fruit from Indonesia to Australia.
We hope that Australian stakeholders will not any comments the contents of the draft. so that it will accelerate the next IRAs process.
I will be pleased to discuss for following up the IRAs process and waiting your information of the next progress.
Dr. Arifin Tasrif
Director
Plant Quarantine and Biosafety
Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency
Cc:
Ms BANUN HARPINI, DG of Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency.
Mr DARRYL BARBOUR, Assistant Secretary (Acting) of Plant Biosecurity (horticulture)
Mr Bruce Wallner. Counsellor (agriculture). Australian Embassy, Jakarta.