Why can’t Korean succulents be taken out of the country?

Yes, as long as the plants are not protected and endangered in theory, they are not brought back. It should be smuggling back... You definitely can't do it blatantly.

Nowadays, some people like to keep potted plants and green plants such as succulents. So, can they bring succulents and other plants into the country from abroad? Zhang Yongnian, deputy director of the Animal and Plant Quarantine Department of Tianjin Customs, said that seeds, seedlings and other plants, including succulents, belong to the "List of Animals, Plants and Their Products Prohibited from Carrying or Mailing into the Country of the People's Republic of China". Prohibited items cannot be carried or mailed into the country at will. If you want to enter the country by carrying or mailing, you must obtain approval from the relevant national administrative departments and issue a quarantine certificate officially issued by the exporting country or region. In order to strictly prevent the invasion of alien species and the introduction of animal and plant epidemics, in early April this year, the General Administration of Customs launched the "National Green Shield 2021" operation to comprehensively crack down on the illegal carrying, delivery, and entrainment of alien species and seeds and seedlings into the country. We hope that the public will especially It is the inbound and outbound passengers who pay attention to and actively cooperate with customs work to jointly maintain national biosecurity.

For some time, succulent plants have been loved by many citizens. However, the inspection and quarantine department reminds that the harmful organisms carried by succulents can reproduce in large quantities, posing a high risk of disease epidemics.

Shandong Qingdao Airport Inspection and Quarantine Bureau recently seized the largest single batch of illegally imported succulents in the country. When inspecting people arriving on a flight from South Korea, inspection and quarantine staff intercepted 8 boxes of Korean succulents, totaling 1,496 plants, from the luggage of a Korean passenger.

According to my country's Animal and Plant Quarantine Law and its Implementation Regulations and the "Quarantine Management Measures for Entry and Exit Personnel", succulent plants are included in the list of items prohibited from entry, and the staff will intercept this batch of succulent plants in accordance with the law. , and be destroyed within the specified period.

According to the Shandong Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, there are more than 10,000 species of succulent plants in 59 families including Crassulaceae, Apricotaceae, and Cactaceae. Since they are mainly produced overseas, the occurrence of harmful organisms in the production areas is extremely complex. .

After preliminary risk assessment, there are hundreds of pests that harm succulents, including 10 quarantine pests such as the new pineapple gray mealybug. Once entering the country, it can spread rapidly in a short period of time, and there is a high risk of disease epidemics.