Table 3.

Criteria retained for the ranking test

Criterion	Description
C1	Range of pest host plants
C2	Regulatory status of pathways
C3	Total volume of host plant commodities traded into the PRA area
C4	Difficulty of visual detection of the pest during inspection
C5	Possibility of entry into the PRA area through natural means
C6	Presence of the pest in the PRA area
C7	Need for a vector and its occurrence in the PRA area
C8	Cultivated host plant surface area in the PRA area
C9	Cultivated host plant distribution in the PRA area
C10	Occurrence of host plants that are not crops in the PRA area
C11	Climate suitability
C12	Possibility of spread by natural means
C13	Possibility of spread by human assistance
C14	Description of yield losses in the pest’s current area of distribution
C15	Description of quality losses or plant death in the pest’s current area of distribution
C16	Existence of control measures that could affect the pest’s impact.