On Nov. 1 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On Oct. 31 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Oct. 28 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables and flowers.
On Oct. 28 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will, effective Nov. 1, allow incineration as a secure disposal option for non-compliant dunnage from maritime cargo at U.S. ports of entry if there is access to an APHIS-approved incineration facility, it said (here). The policy change will allow CBP to “more effectively address potential pest risks presented by the dunnage,” APHIS said. Previously, incineration or waste facilities were required to have a compliance agreement with APHIS to destroy and dispose of non-compliant dunnage, it said. “Transportation companies, shipping lines, and port authorities must have a compliance agreement with CBP to safeguard, manipulate, or transport non-compliant dunnage. To request a compliance agreement, contact your local APHIS or CBP office,” APHIS said.
On Oct. 27 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation announced Special Import Quota #6 for upland cotton will be established on Nov. 3, allowing importation of 14,034,414 kilograms (64,459 bales) (here). It will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Jan. 31, 2017, and entered into the U.S. by May 1, 2017. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the period June through August, the most recent three months for which data are available.
On Oct. 26 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is to allow imports of Haas avocados from Colombia into the continental U.S., subject to certain conditions, it said (here). Under the proposed rule, eligibility requirements would include monitoring of places of production and packinghouses; pest-free places of production; grove sanitation, monitoring and pest control practices; lot identification; and inspection for quarantine pests in Colombia. Haas avocados from Colombia would also have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate from the Colombian government, APHIS said. Comments are due Dec. 27.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to allow importation from Taiwan of orchids of the genus Dendrobium in approved growing media, subject to certain growing, inspection and certification requirements, it said (here), Currently, Dendrobium orchid plants can only be imported into the U.S. from Taiwan as bare root plant, APHIS said. Comments are due Dec. 27.