Plant Health Technical Bilateral Meetings

Last Modified: October 16, 2025

In efforts to fulfill mission critical work and make progress on phytosanitary topics with as many trading partners as possible, APHIS conducts plant health technical bilateral meetings both in-person and virtually.

The following schedule is tentative and subject to change.

October 2025

  • U.S. – European Union Plant Health Bilateral Meeting, October 30–31, 2025: (in-person; Belgium) (Tentative) 
    Contact Lakshmanan Ramamoorthi for details, ppq.pim.requestsmanagement@usda.gov

December 2025

  • U.S. – Colombia Plant Health Bilateral Meeting, Week of December 8, 2025 (Specific Date TBD): 
    (in-person; Beltsville, Maryland) (Tenative) 
    Contact Sarah Heiskill for details, ppq.pim.requestsmanagement@usda.gov

The Phytosanitary Issues Management (PIM) team requests stakeholder input in developing agenda items for upcoming Plant Health Technical Bilateral Meetings. To provide input, please send an email to the PIM Request Management Inbox as listed above. The meetings are an opportunity to acquire, expand, or maintain export and import agricultural markets by: 

  • Exchanging information about specific commodities,
  • Amending current phytosanitary requirements based on updated information,
  • Documenting agreements made and next steps,
  • Establishing time frames for completion of items/resolution of issues, and/or
  • Establishing joint working groups to explore and resolve issues of mutual concern.
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