Pest Risk Analysis is mandatory before any plant or plant materials being permitted to be imported into the country.  The Import Permit issuing authorities shall issue import permits for commodities specified in Schedule-V, Schedule-VI and Schedule-VII of PQ Order, 2003 for which Pest Risk Analysis has already been done. 

Any new commodities which are not covered under the above mentioned Schedules, the import permit can not issued

Also for the import of commodity from a country other than listed in the above schedules the import permit can not be issued. 

An Importer who intend to import a new commodity or from a country not covered under the list shall send a specific Pest Risk Analysis Request Form to the Plant Protection Adviser to the Government of India, Dte. of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage, N.H.-IV., Faridabad-121 001, Haryana.