On May 25 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will allow imports of Hass avocados from all Mexican states into the continental U.S., Hawaii and Puerto Rico, it said in a final rule (here). Previously, only imports from the Mexican state of Michoacan had been allowed. Imports from each Mexican state must meet all the requirements currently in place for Michoacan avocados, including requirements for orchard certification, traceback labeling, pre-harvest orchard surveys, orchard sanitation, post-harvest safeguards, fruit cutting and inspection at the packinghouse, port of arrival inspection, and clearance activities. Jalisco, being the only state that currently meets those requirements, is the first state, besides Michoacan, that APHIS is declaring eligible, it said. The final rule takes effect June 26.
On May 24 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Foreign Agricultural Service published a list of updated quantity trigger levels and applicable periods for products that may be subject to additional import duties under the safeguard provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Agriculture.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 23 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 May 23 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On May 20 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 2 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.
The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation announced Special Import Quota #15 for upland cotton that will be established on May 26, allowing importation of 14,130,218 kilograms (64,899 bales) of upland cotton (here). It will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Aug. 23 and entered into the U.S. by Nov. 21. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally-adjusted average rate for the period January through March, the most recent three months for which data are available.
On May 18 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports: