APHIS Lists Plant Commodities Not Needing Written Transit Permits
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service listed plant and soil commodities that do not require written permits to transit the U.S., in an update to its transit permit webpage. The transit permits are required by APHIS in advance of arrival for plants, plant products, plant pests, or soil that will move through the U.S. in the form of transportation and exportation or immediate exportation entries. APHIS said the following commodities don’t need written transit permits:
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- All non-regulated lumber from Canada (except pine and ash lumber with bark attached)
- Cut flowers (admissible cut flowers without botanical fruit attached, which do not require a phytosanitary certificate as an entry requirement)
- APHIS pre-cleared shipments arriving with an original valid PPQ Form 203 issued by APHIS
- Fresh fruit and vegetables on the “All Countries List” in the Fruits and Vegetables Import Requirements (FAVIR) on-line database or the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Import Manual
- Fresh fruit and vegetables for consumption grown in Canada (except fresh Allium bulbs, Ipomoea aquatica, corn-on-the-cob, potatoes)
- Frozen fruit and vegetables grown in Canada
- Grain harvested in Canada (except corn and corn relatives, including sorghum, millet, pennisetum, etc.) and grain from other sources that do not require an import permit or certification
- Fully processed articles for consumption (i.e. milled flour, roasted coffee or peanuts)
- Agricultural or vegetable seed from Canada except those that require an import permit or certification
- Cargo moving on an Emergency Action Notice
- Residue cargo movement by sea or air if the commodity is admissible without treatment and has no entry restrictions.